Small Business

...Highest Median Annual Wage for Real Estate Agents–Honolulu and Pearl City tied for #1....

...Hawaii has the seventh-smallest average gross ROI in flips at less than 30 percent. Plus, its median home list price of over $900,000, the highest nationwide, ties up a lot of your capital at a time....

... Waipahu, Pearl City and Kaneohe are the worst ....

...the sales tax bases in Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Dakota are incredibly broad, so it’s not surprising that they would tax these types of transactions....

...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....

...After all the billions we gave them, HTDC's pet 'High Tech' tax credit recipents claim a paltry $61.27M in revenues for 2017....

...maybe now attention can be focused on more important issues such as the recent spate of deaths caused by snorkel rentals....

...There are currently three different bills still alive that would require local companies to give all employees paid sick leaves: HB 1727, HB 2598 and SB 2990 ....

...They argue the sea is not “land owned or controlled by the Federal government and thus not within the president’s proclaiming authority.”....

...but has the 5th-least punative Medical Board....

...from National Federation of Independent Business-Hawaii....

...the court held they could be held liable, even though it is their home, first concluding that renting out a room in your home qualifies as offering a public accommodation, even though it is your residence....

...politicians striking a fashionable pose against corporations and business, fearmongering by special interest groups with an agenda....

...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....

...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....

...Want to know what labor and employment bills will be considered during this year’s legislative session?....

...SB2291 would raise the minimum wage in Hawaii to $15 an hour by 2020....

... Ige this week signed an executive order that most likely will discourage competition and innovation among internet service providers ....

...Forty-four states levy a corporate income tax. Rates range from 3 percent in North Carolina to 12 percent in Iowa....

...HB 2368 and SB 2795 would begin replacing private contractors with civil service employees....

...Bill to address Adams v. CDM court ruling (HB2201/SB2993)....

...the cost only adds more stress, with the average couple shelling out over $35,000 for their big day....

...it’s not a living wage if you’ve been replaced by a robot....

“...The state has a responsibility to ensure its natural resources are managed in a scientifically credible way for the benefit of all its citizens. We look forward to being partners in this important work....”

...Senate Bill 2003, which is being heard by the Senate Land & Water Committee on Friday, bans the issue of all new aquarium fishing licenses....

...Last Friday, Hawaii’s state senate introduced a bill that threatens to make it much harder to open a new vape shop. Now it’s emerged that another bill put forward at the same time could ban all online sales of vapor products....

...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement actions this year in Hawaii resulted in closures of 19 large capacity cesspools (LCC) and over $500,000 in fines....

... Auto Repair Shops per Capita – 49th ....

...adds e-liquid to the definition of “tobacco products”, which would make all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid....

...This closure is due to a delay in payments from the Department of Health. Once the back payments have been received, operations will resume as normal....

... whether they’re full-time fishers or “weekend warriors” ....

...Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin joined 22 state attorneys general today in filing a multistate lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission’s 'illegal'rollback of net neutrality....

Attorney General Chin said, “Banks and other depository institutions are currently hindered by federal law from providing financial services to cannabis businesses....”

...and the most unaffordable housing....

...Hawai'i has the longest average wait time for a building or construction permit - 17 months....

...the vessel is already in service and hosting tours along the West side of Oahu....

...that which has been done can no longer be done....

...We need legislation to save the fishery and all DLNR ocean issued-permit businesses....

...applying a Hawai‘i Supreme Court ruling from last year to an existing DLNR rule....

...“We hope it becomes a model for all captains who want to do right by their immigrant crew.”....

...It's turtles this time....

...Hawai‘i legalized payday lending in 1999 as a way to regulate the check cashing business.... 

...The pilot program requires the rideshare drivers to pay 7 percent of each fare to the state Airports Division....

...Interior will make sure local voices are not drowned out by “large, well-funded NGOs and special interests”....

... no politician would want to get caught saying they supported limiting the number of  hospitals, dialysis facilities or MRI machines for rural areas.  And yet, that’s exactly what Hawaii's legislature has done ....

...The executive order establishes an Administrative Director in the Office of the Governor who will support companies seeking to test self-driving vehicle technology in Hawaiʻi....

...Thanks to the State Supreme Court's September 6, 2017 aquarium fishing decision, all ocean users now face the same fate as aquarium fishers--shut down awaiting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)....

...In Hawaii, it takes an average of 988 days and $438 in fees to become licensed to perform one of many occupations under the thumbs of state regulators....

...This report evaluates twelve publicly released agreements that Airbnb has entered with state or local governments....

...The Institute for Justice finds Hawaii to be ‘most burdensome’ in USA due to the large number of professions requiring licensure.   In contrast, the Wisconsin study finds Hawaii to be the 'least burdensome' based on an analysis of 10 specific professions and the requirements to attain license in each....