Small Business

The categories in this report were chosen as those most likely to be considered by site selection experts for manufacturing and logistics firms....

...NFIB helped defeat three bills negatively affecting small business before the Legislature adjourned May 2....

...Honolulu City Council’s Committee on Public Works and Sustainability held a hearing yesterday to discuss a proposal to expand the existing ban to include biodegradable bags....

Of the 54 bills harmful to business that were introduced this session that we tracked, 23 bills were stopped....

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in the Hibiscus Ballroom of the Ala Moana Hotel, from 8 am to 2 pm....

Despite claims to the contrary, relatively few Hawaiians would benefit from the increase....

Ige said he would vote against confirming Brian Tamamototo permanently to fill a small-business seat of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA)....

Kobayashi Group is in partnership with the Howard Hughes Corporation to build ONE Ala Moana, the ultra-luxury condominium being built above Nordstrom’s parking in Ala Moana....

New report ranks Hawaii 36th in economic outlook and 17th in economic performance....

A perfect opportunity to get involved in the political process....

...each quota owner would have the right to a specific percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) in the season....

In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....

...the Kobayashi Group is an investor in a hui that plans to build one or more luxury developments in Kaka’ako....

The Chapter Launch Ceremony will be held at the Hale Koa Hotel, 2055 Kalia Road, Honolulu, on Friday, April 4, 2014.....

Watch our six minute movie and decide for yourself....

Hawaii is the third largest retailer of ivory and ivory products in the nation....

SB 2609 would provide for a gradual increase in the minimum wage with a provision for an unspecified tip credit....

Every major poll shows small-business owners the most highly regarded group in America, and every elected official claims to be your friend....

Average of more than 770 jobs losses per congressional district....

FACE said the increase is needed because Hawaii’s utilities are 110 percent higher than the national average, housing is 104 percent higher and groceries are 57 percent higher than other states...

Since its inception in 1998, the Board has reviewed more than 600 proposed rules and provided advice to state and county agencies....

With SB 2609 moving in Senate, Grassroot Institute says it will fail in its objectives....

The first report of its scope in nearly 14 years, it examines the past performance of Hawaii’s construction industry and forecasts future growth....

If the legislature is serious about fighting poverty in Hawaii, a broader and more comprehensive discussion is essential....

There are about 375,000 pages of federal law and regulation in addition to the laws of each State and each city and county....

Would this actually help the entry-level workers it is supposed to help? ....

...there’s no “latte loophole,” since any quantity of added sugar makes a drink fall under the ban. Indeed, the only way to get more than a pint of drink at a time is to add booze, as adult beverages are excluded ...

Of Hawaii’s 30,000 small businesses, 296 registered for insurance through the Hawaii Health Connector by the Dec. 25 deadline....

As of January 1, a new tax rule will prevent restaurant workers from collecting automatic tips....

...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....

...a list of more than 300 mortgage loan originators (MLOs) and mortgage loan originator companies (MLOCs) that failed to renew their licenses....

The FAA this week that the University of Alaska is one of several educational institutions selected to test drones, and Hawaii and Oregon are included in the university’s plan ....

DOCARE has noticed a significant increase in illegal vending on state land throughout Kauai County....

CMS recently announced that it will extend the federal programs to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic health records ....

18th annual “Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship.”....

Consumers choose plastic bags far more often than paper or reusable bags to carry their purchases.... 

For years, local leaders, both within government and the business community, depended on the umbilical cord to federal funds secured by Hawaii’s Congressional delegation....

...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....

...arguing a case in the Hawaii Supreme Court about automatic approval statutes and zoning law....