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Census Returns and Rainfall Down
April 08, 2010
Image from state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
Portion of Wailuku and Kahului residents who had mailed back their Census forms as of April 5
0-40 percent
Portion of East Maui residents who had done so
4
Number of Honolulu Advertiser employees who filed suit against parent company Gannett last week; the suit says workers weren't given adequate notice when Oahu Publications, which owns the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, announced plans to buy the Advertiser in March
0.8 inches
Rainfall recorded in February at the Haiku gage, the lowest total since 1992; every gage on Maui recorded below-average rainfall
Sources: Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; National Weather Service; Pacific Business News