Hawaii School Furloughs Emblem of Broader Woes

Members of Hawaii Education Matters gather outside of the Hawaii State Teachers Association headquarters as state officials arrived for round of negotiations with the teachers' union in Honolulu on Dec. 15.
—Gregory Yamamoto/The Honolulu Advertiser/AP
By The Associated Press
Honolulu

Hawaii public schools are closed most Fridays, rats scurry across bananas in uninspected stores and there may not be enough money to run the next election.

About the only parts of the state untouched by the foul economy are its sparkling beaches and world-class surfing.

Hawaii's money troubles are creating a society more befitting a tropical backwater than a state celebrating its 50th anniversary and preparing to welcome President Barack Obama home...

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