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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Lowest Percentage of Kids in PreSchool
By Selected News Articles @ 6:31 PM :: 6847 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii Child Care Costs More than College Tuition....
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Friday, August 9, 2019 |
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How really to help low-income earners
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:40 PM :: 4612 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Minimum wage hikes are often promoted as a way to help the less fortunate out of poverty. But are they really the best tool for the job?....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 |
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
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"F" Again -- Hawaii Manufacturing and Logistics Scorecard
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 5341 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...The Manufacturing Scorecard shows how each state ranks among its peers in several categories that are of particular interest to site selection experts for the manufacturing and logistics industries....
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Thursday, July 25, 2019 |
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Military Consumers Target for Scams and Unethical Business Practices
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 5620 Views :: Ethics, Military, Small Business
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...BBB release Military Report on Marketplace Challenges....
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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The Special Land and Development Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4285 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...Stop shooting the messenger and concentrate on cleaning house!....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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CNBC America's Top States for Business -- Hawaii 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 5356 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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A Step in the Right Direction
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:06 PM :: 3261 Views :: Small Business
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...For almost three decades, the handyman exemption in Hawaii was capped at $1,000, a limit that includes the cost of labor and materials....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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‘Positive disruptor’ shares policy views on 'Perry & the Posse'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:04 AM :: 5840 Views :: Economy, Small Business, Tourism
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...“Let’s not kill the goose that lays the golden egg”....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 10506 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Auditor Rips DLNR Leasehold Management
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:57 PM :: 7279 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Land Use, Small Business
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...The absence of long-range planning has left the Land Division staff without the expertise, resources, and options to actively and effectively manage its land portfolio....
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
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Ige: Intent to Veto 20 Bills--Including AirBnB Tax
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 7520 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...Ige notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 20 measures....
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Friday, June 21, 2019 |
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Why doesn’t Hawaii privatize more public services?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:49 PM :: 6309 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...Hawaii’s state and county governments aren’t known for delivering high-quality public services in a cost-efficient manner....
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Friday, June 21, 2019 |
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‘De facto ban’ could poison tourism well
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:21 PM :: 5638 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...banning short-term rentals could hurt Hawaii more than people realize....
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Sunday, June 16, 2019 |
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HI-5 – Have We Stopped the Leakage Yet?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5357 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Small Business
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...“Look. We’ve issued four audit reports on the program...."
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Friday, June 14, 2019 |
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Let’s be reasonable about STRs
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:43 PM :: 5771 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...there is a bill before Gov. David Ige, SB 1292, which he has until June 24 to veto or sign....
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 |
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Home Sharing Under Attack
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:54 PM :: 4524 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...lawmakers' plans to crack down on the vacation rental industry may hurt Hawaii's struggling economy....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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Does Legalizing Uber and Lyft 'Take' The Property Of Taxi Companies?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:34 PM :: 3734 Views :: Small Business
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...taxi companies in several cities have brought lawsuits claiming that legalizing ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii: 2nd Highest Taxes on Pass-Through Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5792 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii combined pass-through business income tax rate 43.7%, second only to California....
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Saturday, May 11, 2019 |
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State Corporate Income Taxes Increase Tax Burden on Corporate Profits
By Tax Foundation @ 6:23 PM :: 5620 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... Hawaii: Combined State-Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate 26.1% ....
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 |
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Grassroot: Bill 89 Unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:48 AM :: 7803 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...The Hawaii Constitution also has a clause that protects citizens from excessive fines, making it even more likely that someone will challenge the enormous fines associated with this proposal....
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Monday, May 6, 2019 |
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Honolulu 5th-lowest Small Business Growth
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 4231 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Honolulu is slightly ahead of Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio....
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Friday, May 3, 2019 |
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‘Sticks’ won’t resolve vacation rental debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:14 PM :: 5254 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s contradictory approach to short-term vacation rentals hasn’t been doing much to make anybody happy, and could, in fact, just be making things worse....
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Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
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SCR204: OHA Insiders Exploit Aloha Poke Controversy to Grab Ownership of Hawaiian Culture for Themselves
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 6612 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Small Business
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...The plan is the feudal-minded Office of Hawaiian Affairs-OHA will own ‘Aloha’ and you will have to buy aloha from them. Poke too. And they are using this to grab control of ‘genetic’ resources as well....
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Monday, April 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii's Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 PM :: 4969 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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State Launches Aquaculture Accelerator
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 5210 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...The accelerator will be based at NELHA’s Hawai‘i Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on Hawai‘i ‘i Island and is expected to start its first cohort in the fall of 2019....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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$17 Minimum Wage Cost $1.456 Billion per year
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 6501 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...If the average pay hike is $3.50/hr for 208K workers, a $17 minimum would cost $5.6M per 8 hour shift--$28M per 40 hr week--$1.456B per year....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Why Farm?
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:36 PM :: 6809 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...Wouldn’t be wonderful if a wealthy non-profit volunteered to pay for all the regulations they demand?....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii Smallest Firearms Industry in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 6149 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment, Small Business
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...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Want higher wages? Try economic freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 PM :: 7431 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii policymakers cannot mandate people into prosperity....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 8810 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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...The redevelopment should take into consideration input received in the DTL, LLC Final Report....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Got Milk? DoH Consent Decree Requires Shut Down of Big Island Dairy
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 7750 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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...The AOC requires Big Island Dairy owners to terminate their dairy operations, remove all their cows from confinement on the site, clean and remove the existing wastewater system, and pay $79,000 by June of 2019....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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Maui Mayor Proposes $869.5M Budget
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 7516 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...tax increases would affect commercial, up by 14 cents per $1,000 of valuation; industrial, up by 3 cents per thousand; hotel and resort, up by 23 cents per thousand; and short-term rental, up by 27 cents per thousand....
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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Hilo Has the Highest Food Prices in America
By Selected News Articles @ 10:40 PM :: 9267 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...As much as a third of the food waste in Hawaii is due to food that has gone bad before it reaches the consumer....
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Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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The hypocrisy of minimum-wage laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:45 PM :: 6245 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...it is never enough....
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Friday, March 22, 2019 |
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How high is too high? What’s known and unknown about minimum wage increases
By UHERO @ 4:02 AM :: 5183 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...the subsequent increase to $13 led to large reductions in hours for low wage workers of 6-7% that completely offset a 3% rise in the average hourly wages....
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Monday, March 18, 2019 |
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Lesbian Home Invasion: Supreme Court Will Not Hear Hawaii Case
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 8229 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...A state-level decision against the property owner shows the limits of the Supreme Court's wedding cake ruling....
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Monday, March 18, 2019 |
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Innovation? Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 7248 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business
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...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....
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Saturday, March 16, 2019 |
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Restore flexibility for delivery of public services
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:38 PM :: 5899 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...You just violated Hawaii law. Get ready to be sued....
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 |
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Forgotten Voices: The Inadequate Review and Improper Alteration of Our National Monuments
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 7329 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business, Obama
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...The American Samoan Government and its people were barely consulted before these monuments were established or expanded. As a result, our local fishermen were barred from accessing the waters that Samoans have been visiting for over a millennium....
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 |
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State’s use of contractors just a hint of what could be
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:47 PM :: 6061 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...state agencies have saved thousands of dollars a year by privatizing some of their janitorial positions....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Must Employer Hold Open Injured Worker's Position Eternally?
By Robert Thomas @ 4:33 PM :: 5710 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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...Amicus Brief: Employer Can Fill Injured Worker's Position If There Are Legitimate Business Reasons For Doing So....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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SB931: Tourism Industry Aims to Shut Down Aquarium Fishery
By Selected News Articles @ 7:12 PM :: 6525 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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...Introduction of the aquarium fishery closure bill is the tourist groups’ attempt to preempt the HEPA environmental review completion....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 |
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Tokuda-Connected Recycler Busted for Fraud
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:55 PM :: 8347 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tax Credits
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...During FY 2018, the total deposit amounts reimbursed to Reynolds Recycling was approximately $7.96 million....
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 |
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SB1009 Negates Public Health Benefits of Vaping
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 6925 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... SB1009 threatens the efficacy of a tobacco harm reduction tool that has helped millions of adult Americans quit smoking cigarettes ....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 |
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Feds Bust Labor Law Violators at Hawaii Malls
By News Release @ 10:29 PM :: 6590 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...Wage and Hour Division (WHD) focused on retail mall employers in Hawaii, recovered $698,120 in back wages and liquidated damages for 339 employees, and led WHD to assess $59,523 in civil penalties for child labor violations during Fiscal Year 2018....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 |
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Hawaii Small Businesses Speak out Against Minimum Wage Hike
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 4901 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Hawaii small-business association offers a better idea for State House to consider....
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Thursday, February 21, 2019 |
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DOBOR Sets Hearings for Massive Fee Hikes
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 6229 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...People who use any of Hawai‘i’s small boat harbors, offshore moorings, landings or wharfs will have a chance to comment on new proposed fees and rules....
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