1. According to data released by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on Mar. 25, Hawaii’s unemployment rate in February was 4.1 percent. What was Maui County’s unemployment rate that same month?
A. 3.7 percent
B. 4.1 percent
C. 4.4 percent
D. 4.8 percent
E. 5.3 percent
2. On Mar. 24, the County of Maui sent out a 403-word press release on Mayor Alan Arakawa’s proposed $699.9 million budget. Though the press release was brief, how many times did it include the word “community?”
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8
3. In a Mar. 29 story, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that a recent Hawaii Tourism Authority survey on perceptions of tourism found that “those employed by the visitor industry were less favorable about the industry than those who don’t work in the sector.” The survey’s been conducted every year since 1988–how many previous times did such a finding occur?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
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ANSWERS
1: C–4.4 percent
2: D–7
3: A–0
Photo: County of Maui
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