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US Rep. Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the key House Committee on Appropriations, responsible for all federal discretionary funding, today supported House passage of three of the four final annual appropriations bills for the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (commencing Oct. 1, 2026) but opposed the fourth.

The Island of Maui in Maui County recorded a 2.4% unemployment rate in July 2017, down from the 3.2% rate recorded in June, and the 3.1% rate reported last year

The Island of Maui recorded a 2.9% unemployment rate in May 2017, down from the 3% rate recorded in April, and unchanged from the 2.9% rate reported last year.

The Hawai‘i State Dept.Labor today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Maui in June 2012 was 7.4%, or a one percentage point decrease from June 2011..

Goodwill Industries of Hawaii is hosting their first annual Community Resource Fair “Gathering the Good of Maui” at the War Memorial Field on Saturday, June 16.

The Hawai‘i State Dept. of Labor & Industrial Relations announced yesterday that Hawaii’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 6.3%.

The US Small Business Administration’s Hawaii District Office has kicked off its 2012 e200/Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative.

The State Dept of Labor announced today that the non-seasonally adjusted annual unemployment rate for Maui County in December was 7.3%, down from 7.4% a year ago.

The Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced today that the Maui County unemployment rate was 7.7% for the month of November 2011.

Statewide initial unemployment claims decreased by 5.9% this week and Maui County initial unemployment claims decreased 5.2% compared to the same week in 2010.

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono yesterday voted against a bill she called the “Election Prevention Act” saying it did nothing but undermine workers’ rights to organize.

Maui County unemployment rose to 7.9% in September, a 0.4% increase from a month ago, but still lower than one year ago when it was 8.3%, according to the Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) is seeking employers who are hiring and training new employees who were laid-off from their previous employers.

Nominations for the prestigious US Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Awards for 2012 opened in September and remain open until Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.

Hawaii is among seven states that will receive more than $21 million under the US Labor Department Disability Employment Initiative, and Maui is in the running to receive part of the funds.

The seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for Maui County remains at 7.5% for August, down .7% from a year ago, according to the State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR).

For the week ending September 3, Maui initial unemployment claims decreased 11.5%, and statewide claims decreased 18.3%, according to the state Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Beginning Monday, all unemployment claims at the Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) can now be filed on the internet.

Unemployment in Maui County fell to 7.8 percent for March 2011 from 8.8 percent in March 2010, according to non-seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers announced today by the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR).

Unemployment in Maui County rose 1/2 percent between January 2011 and December 2010 to 7.9 percent, according to non-seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers announced today by the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR).