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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5191 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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Penalties for Workers’ Compensation, Temporary Disability Insurance and Prevailing Wages Violations Increase....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 7190 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."
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Thursday, June 2, 2016 |
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Nailed for Cronyism, DoE forced to Reopen Bidding on $100M Cool Schools Bonanza
By News Release @ 5:37 AM :: 6492 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Small Business
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...Government Contracting Explained: How Air Conditioning Costs $100K Per Classroom....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Petition: Save Hawaii Fisheries
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6791 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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Petition the President of the United States to Not expand the outer boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Moument from 50 nautical miles out to 200 nautical miles....
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Sunday, May 29, 2016 |
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Hawaii Regulatory Review Board Seeks Volunteers
By Video @ 1:15 PM :: 4255 Views :: Small Business
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Did you know Hawaii had a Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB)?
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Painters Business Agent Pleads Guilty in $1.5M Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 AM :: 7426 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Small Business
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...he diverted client money to his own personal use over a 17-year period....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Jalousie Work: After 10 Years Union Lawsuit Ends
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 6823 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Small Business
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The dispute began when the painters and glazers’ union complained to the State Contractors License Board that the contractors hired to renovate Lanakila Elementary School in 2005 were installing jalousie windows....
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Monday, May 9, 2016 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Innovation Matters
By UHERO @ 9:17 PM :: 6012 Views :: Economy, Small Business
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Innovation is the key to economic growth and prosperity....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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New FDA Regs May Shut Down 95% of E-Cig Industry
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 7095 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs
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...The rule goes into effect August 8, 2016....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Farming Entrepreneurs
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:20 PM :: 5470 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...GoFarm Hawaii director Steven Chiang and host Keli`i Akina discuss how a new generation of farmers is being equipped to succeed....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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What is Hurting Hawaii’s Investment Climate?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 PM :: 7530 Views :: Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: Going Green Mindlessly
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:15 PM :: 5402 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...not only are thicker bags around, I’ve got a stock pile of paper bags now....
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Friday, April 1, 2016 |
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Economist: GE Taxes Favor Big Business
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:02 PM :: 4938 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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Interview with David Friedman, an economist and professor of law at Santa Clara University....
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Sunday, March 27, 2016 |
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HB1739: Boss Can Demand Your Social Media Passwords
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 AM :: 7870 Views :: First Amendment, Labor, Small Business
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...the bill provides a pretext for employers to demand employee passwords in the case of a suspected data breach....
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Monday, March 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Legislation Would Strengthen Franchisee Rights
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 4509 Views :: Small Business
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...new, comprehensive guide to state franchising laws....
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
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Small Business Day at the Capitol, March 30
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 4326 Views :: Small Business
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...Don't Freeze Small Business Out! is the theme of this year's Small Business Day....
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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American Samoa Fights Feds for Fishing Zone
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 4999 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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American Samoa says the U.S. government violated its sovereign rights by shrinking the zone around the territory....
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Sunday, February 14, 2016 |
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Solving the Online Tax Dodge with Cookies?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5284 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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Every year, lawmakers seeking to fund their favorite programs or services inevitably ask themselves....
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Thursday, February 4, 2016 |
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Thursday, February 4, 2016 |
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State Corporate Income Tax—Hawaii Competitive?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 AM :: 5632 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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Though often thought of as a major tax type, corporate income taxes account for just 5.3 percent of state tax collections nationally ....
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
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Speaker Souki Proposes Fee Simple Conversion of Commercial Land Leases
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 AM :: 8301 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Small Business
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Hawaii has done it before with lands supporting single-family and multi-family homes. Those historic actions gave the ordinary working person new opportunities for true homeownership....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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DLNR to Loosen Death Grip on Hilo Businesses?
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 8292 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Small Business
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One of the leases at Banyan Drive has expired and has been placed on a month-to-month revocable permit. Other leases at Banyan Drive and in the Kanoelehua Industrial Area will expire in the next several years....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
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2016: Unemployment Taxes to Drop 26%
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6710 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Improved Rates Projected to Save Employers $50 Million....
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
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Honolulu: Average Small Business Invoices $105K per Year
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 4821 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Invoice2go’s ranking, pulled from aggregated usage data from more than 23,000 small and micro business owners across the U.S., shines a light on an otherwise difficult to measure subset of the economy....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Hawaii Small Businesses Slowest to be Paid in USA
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 7502 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii small businesses wait 95 days on average to get paid on invoices....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 5412 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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State falls to #31 in national ranking....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 5898 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Working on the Fringe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5291 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“Revisiting the Taxation of Fringe Benefits”
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
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The Shaky Future of Bonus Depreciation
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5570 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“50% bonus depreciation” is a system where half of the equipment cost can be deducted in the first year it is placed in service....
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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Study: High Costs Make Hawaii second-worst for entrepreneurs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 PM :: 4679 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii has a low business survival rate, with only slightly more businesses created in 2013 than failed that year....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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Taxing & Regulating Small Business to Death: Hawaii's Business Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 5483 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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A panel discussion on the barriers to economic prosperity for businesses in Hawaii....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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Bill 72: Property Tax Break for Honolulu Home Businesses
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:52 AM :: 6633 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes
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...homeowners of flex units face the challenge of having their entire property classified as 'Commercial', which equates to approximately 254% more in taxes....
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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DLIR Raids Ala Moana Building Contractors
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 4932 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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Undercover video shows Ala Moana construction workers paid in cash....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Victory for Local Food: Hawaii’s $100M Longline Fishery Reopens
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 6125 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Since Aug. 5th, the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching bigeye tuna....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Hungry? Hawaii Bigeye Tuna Industry Reels Two Months after Being Shut Down by Quotas
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6448 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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As a result, industrial foreign fleets, with much higher bigeye tuna quotas, freely operate on the high seas around the Hawaiian Islands where Hawaii longline fishermen can no longer fish for bigeye tuna....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Child Care Costs More than College Tuition
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 8600 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business, Cost of Living
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In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....
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Thursday, October 1, 2015 |
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Fresh off Obamacare Disaster, Obama Orders Hawaii Legislators to Impose Family Leave Mandate on Employers
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 8303 Views :: Higher Education, Small Business, Taxes, Obama
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The President urged the lawmakers to adopt his domestic economic agenda at the state level because he doesn’t expect Congress to take much action for the remainder of his presidency....
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Sunday, September 27, 2015 |
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Alaska Rep Young Files Bill to Prevent Presidential Marine Monument Designations
By News Release @ 12:37 PM :: 5827 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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President Obama may follow the example of his predecessor George W. Bush and unilaterally designate large swaths of coastal America as “national monuments.”....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii #1 for Minority-Owned Firms
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 6270 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii: 21% of middle market firms are minority-owned ....
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Sunday, September 13, 2015 |
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New Federal Overtime Proposal Affects 45% of Salaried Hawaii Workers
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 5372 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...would bring at least 45 percent of full-time salaried workers under overtime rules....
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Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
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Permission to Work in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:26 AM :: 5458 Views :: Small Business
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Should you need permission to work in Hawaii? According to Hawaii’s occupational licensing laws, the answer is yes....
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Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
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Manufacturing a (Tax) Problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:55 PM :: 7829 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Hawaii's tax structure is 2nd-worst in the US for labor-intensive manufacturing....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Tech Still Receiving Massive Business Tax Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 8386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Excepting heavily incentivized research and development (R&D) operations, mature firms generally experience above-average tax costs in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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CNHA Takes Reins of DBEDT 'Community Development Accelerator'
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 5336 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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"Community-based nonprofit organizations are increasingly becoming key economic development drivers...."
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
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NOAA Proposes New Monk Seal Rules
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 5312 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Public comment period opens for NOAA’s proposed rule to protect marine mammals in international fisheries....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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CNBC: Hawaii Worst State for Business
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 6169 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...by the numbers on just about everything else, Hawaii doesn't measure up, and not only for reasons beyond its control....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Fishery Management Council Questions use of Turtles to Strangle Tuna Industry
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5476 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Public hearings will be held in American Samoa, CNMI and Guam on July 6, 13 and 15, respectively....
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Big Law vs. Honolulu's Not-So-Big Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:01 AM :: 7584 Views :: Judiciary, Small Business
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"A Tale of Two Cities: Honolulu and San Francisco"
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:33 PM :: 5831 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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NELHA Transparency? 'Continues to Struggle with Sunshine'
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:31 PM :: 6820 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tax Credits
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In 2012, we found that after nearly 40 years of existence, NELHA had yet to live up to its creators’ vision....
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