Maui August unemployment rate at 2.9%
The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Maui in August was 2.9%, up from the 2.8% rate in July, and the 2.4% rate at the same time last year, according to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
READ NEXT
More on the wire
FROM THE PUBLISHER
As part of ongoing efforts to harden the electrical grid and reduce wildfire risk on Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Electric crews will begin its first targeted area of replacing existing copper power lines with new aluminum conductors along East Kamehameha V Highway between Onioni Drive and ʻUalapuʻe from Saturday, Oct. 3 through Thursday, Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The project includes replacing 8 miles of power lines and upgrading 27 poles.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
WASHINGTON >> The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement that will see the U.S. develop a significant military presence on the island, while prohibiting U.S. adversaries from building their own bases there, Donald Trump said today.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The University of California regents opened their first sustained public discussion Wednesday about whether to reinstate the SAT requirement in admissions, as math grades continue to slide, dueling opinions surfaced, and one regent who voted to eliminate the exam said he was starting to think his decision may have been “a mistake.”