Small Business

... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....

...social distancing has significant economic impacts....

...with the coronavirus recession underway, raising the minimum wage is a bad idea....

...the first Hawaii case which uses the term "police power"....

...This measure is one of several that the Chamber is proposing to provide relief to local businesses....

...This petition will be sent to Governor Ige on Thursday, March 26th....

...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....

...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....

...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....

...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....

...the deadline is 4pm Wednesday March 18, 2020.  The forms are linked in this post....

...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....

...EPA inspectors identified multi-unit residential buildings illegally discharging wastewater into eleven cesspools in Kealakekua, Hawaii....

...Hawaii collects $103 per person....

...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....

...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....

...Experienced aviators Rick Rogers and Bill Enoka have been identified as the two killed at Dillingham Airfield Saturday, February 22, 2020, when their Cessna crashed on takeoff.  Captain Rogers forwarded this letter to media outlets Wednesday, February 19, 2020.... 

...if this bill passes, guess what is going to happen to your electric bill....

...Airplane in deadly Mokuleia crash involved in another incident 7 years ago....

...illegally stealing fish which exist for the viewing pleasure of billionaires....

...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....

...said state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D-Kapolei-Makakilo), who introduced the measure, “This is the right thing to do!”....

...Dillingham Airfield Can be Better off Without Airports Division....

...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....

...the U.S. Army got unexpected news from the DOT on Jan. 23....

...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....

...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....

...STEM workers are in fierce demand and Honolulu is just not competitive....

...Manufacturers of everything from tablets to toasters to tractors make it too difficult and too expensive to repair their products when they break....

...how much will Kona Coast billionaires contribute to these 'non-profits'?....

...Couples in Hawaii spent $37,827 in 2018....

...Measures tackle housing, childcare, wage issues highlighted in ALICE report....

...After this one-two punch, many more businesses that sell to Hawaii customers are going to find themselves with Hawaii tax obligations....

"...legislative package of bills to reduce income inequality...."

...the reasons for an ever-increasing “living wage” have been a second tier topic of discussion....

"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage the permitting process for timeliness...."

...On Saturday the 28th of December, a museum closed its doors for the final time....

...Hawaii has seen 18 civilian helicopter crashes in the last five years....

...On O‘ahu, the vacation rental supply in November was 252,000 unit nights. This is a decrease of 4.4 percent from a year ago....

...State tax hikes taking effect January 1, 2020....

...First they came for the owners of million-dollar homes, but I didn’t speak against it because I didn’t have a million-dollar home....

...Well-designed UI tax systems emphasize greater stability and predictability....

..."Failing States" do not meet even basic standards of online spending transparency for economic development subsidies....

...the museum did quite a bit more work at Kaleloa Airport than just display airplanes....

...The bill would classify bed and breakfast homes and other transient vacation rental units as “hotel and resort” for property tax purposes....

...the property tax component of the 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index....

...a civil fine of $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists....

... The proposed amendment removes the limitation on the amount of time the department has to take action on a complete application for an Underground Storage Tank (UST) system permit and removes the automatic approval of a permit when that time limit is exceeded ....

...spurred by the announced plans of Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to enact a tax on wealth....

...the fee is collected only on shipments by water....