1. On June 17, Gov. David Ige signed HB 2034 into law. The bill appropriates $450,000 in general funds to the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission for restoration projects. How much was the appropriation in the bill’s original form?
A. $400,000
B. $450,000
C. $500,000
D. $550,000
E. $600,000
2. On Friday, June 17, Gov. Ige said that he’s still mulling House Bill 2501, which would allow Alexander & Baldwin to continue diverting East Maui stream water. Which of the following did Ige say, according to the June 18 Maui News?
A. “We understand that water is essential to agriculture.”
B. “I am committed to ensuring that Central Maui remains in agriculture.”
C. “We are looking at the bill and trying to understand what the concerns are.”
D. All of the above
E. A & C only
3. The unemployment rate for the nation as a whole in May 2016 was 4.7 percent, the state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations reported on June 17. During that month, what was Maui County’s unemployment rate?
A. 2.9 percent
B. 3.0 percent
C. 3.1 percent
D. 3.2 percent
E. 3.3 percent
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ANSWERS
1: E–$600,000
2: D–All of the above
3: D–3.2 percent
Photo courtesy Gov. Ige’s office
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