1. On May 23, Governor Neil Abercrombie signed SB 2609, which will incrementally raise Hawaii’s minimum wage from its current $7.25/hour to $10.10/hour by 2018. According to a press release sent by the governor’s office that day, when was the last time the state hiked the minimum wage?
A. Two years ago
B. Five years ago
C. Seven years ago
D. Eight years ago
E. Ten years ago
2. Da Kitchen is planning to open a new location near the Hawaii Convention Center, which will be the Maui-based chain’s only location on Oahu, according to a May 23 Pacific Business News blog post. Da Kitchen used to have a location in Moiliili–when did that close?
A. 2013
B. 2012
C. 2011
D. 2010
E. 2009
3. Former local television reporter Mary Zanakis announced this weekend that she would run for Hawaii Lieutenant Governor, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported on May 26. According to that story, Zanakis won damages from which television station for discriminating against her in 2003 after she returned from maternity leave?
A. KITV
B. KGMB
C. KHNL
D. KHON
E. KFVE
See Answers below…
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ANSWERS
1: C–Seven years ago
2: B–2012
3: D–KHON
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