.Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced the introduction of their Hawai’i Invasive Species Protection Act, a bill to require that baggage and cargo transporting into the State of Hawai‘i by air or sea be pre-inspected for invasive species and high-risk agricultural materials, in the same manner as similar baggage and cargo transported to the U.S. mainland must be inspected pre-departure.
On April 25, 2023, Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), alongside more than 50 advocacy organizations, in introducing the bicameral Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act, legislation aimed at holding corporations accountable for the exploitation of children and workers in the food industry.
Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) have introduced a measure to assist partner countries to combat economic coercion by other countries including in particular China and Russia.
. U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i - District 1) today urged U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to grant an advance waiver from the Jones Act and military cargo preference requirements to provide for the safe, cost-effective, dependable and expedited execution of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) critical defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai‘i.
There were 11 companies in cities associated with Honolulu County that received 11 FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
Honolulu County saw 17,761 people migrate from across the U.S. during 2019, an increase over the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Honolulu County saw 1,199 people migrate from within the state during 2019, a decrease from the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
In March 2023, the median sale price of a home in Honolulu County rose by $2,247,000 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 83.3%.