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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NOAA Requirement that Vessels Pay Monitoring Fees
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 2202 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... a funding scheme that would force them to hand over 20 percent of their pay to third-party at-sea monitors they must bring on their boats—a mandate that Congress never approved by statute ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii gets low marks in business tax ranking
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 2271 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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An amazing day at the Capitol
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:04 PM :: 2942 Views :: Development, Small Business, Taxes
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... it finally became clear which big-ticket items were going to make it to the governor’s desk for signing — or hit the cutting room floor ....
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023 |
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Saturday, April 15, 2023 |
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"Transparency" or unwarranted government meddling?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:28 PM :: 2404 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... SB1057 would hurt the people it is aiming to help by hamstringing those who are best able to help them — their potential employers ....
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Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
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This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2386 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Testimonies submitted to the state Legislature, Honolulu Council, and Maui Council by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii during the past week ....
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii's Throwback Rule -- The wrong tax, at the wrong rate, in the wrong state
By Tax Foundation @ 12:00 PM :: 2079 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... motivating these businesses—or at least certain aspects of their business—to locate elsewhere ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Hawaii Attorney general urges U.S. Congress support right-to-repair law
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 1851 Views :: Small Business
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... Twenty-seven states’ attorneys general are asking Congress to pass Right-to-Repair legislation that they say will protect consumers, farmers and small businesses as inflation increases ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Ban on short-term rentals won't help Hawaii County produce more homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2251 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... Hawaii County already has some of the most restrictive housing regulations in the U.S. ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Council on State Taxation: Looking Out for Business
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:01 AM :: 1916 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the Committee on State Taxation focuses on the impact of state taxes on businesses across the country ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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Promoting Local Foods in Hawaii; Removing Barriers is Key to Growth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:08 AM :: 2140 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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... The state has used numerous strategies to achieve that goal, but with mixed success ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Hawaii Longliners Producing Highly Monitored, Sustainable Swordfish in First Season since MSC Certification
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 2050 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... This is the first season since the fishery was certified sustainable by the globally recognized Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ....
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Saturday, March 4, 2023 |
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‘Wealth Tax’ has a wealth of problems
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:31 PM :: 2262 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... Difficulty in administering a “wealth tax” is the primary reason there are only three European countries with wealth taxes today, down from 12 in 1990 ....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Five bills of importance to small business
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 2372 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... Any bills that made it past this deadline now have until March 9 to complete their last committee hearing ....
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Monday, February 27, 2023 |
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Ed Case Reintroduces Helicopter Noise Bill
By Ed Case @ 6:19 PM :: 2128 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Measure To Impose Strict Safety Requirements And Provide For State And Local Community Disruption Regulation On Commercial Air Tour Operations ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Another Sue-n-Settle targets Hawaii and American Samoa Fisheries
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 2144 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... The Conservation Council for Hawaii sued National Marine Fisheries Service ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:52 AM :: 2036 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says making it easier for qualified medical professionals to practice here would improve healthcare access ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Keeps Employer Insurance Costs High
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 2217 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....
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Monday, February 6, 2023 |
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Taxi Rates: Council should repeal price fixing law
By Selected News Articles @ 7:49 PM :: 1630 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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... repeal the price fixing provisions in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu ....
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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Proposed Short Term Rental Regs Could Harm Big Island Farmers, Economy.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:19 PM :: 2413 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Small Business, Tourism
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... Some members of the Hawaii County Council are proposing tighter regulations on hosted short-term rentals ....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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Fifth Circuit Launches Small Claims Online Dispute Resolution Pilot
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 1848 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary, Small Business
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... Beginning today, parties to certain small claims cases will be required to use TurboCourt, an online application, to file, negotiate, and attempt to resolve their small claims cases ....
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Monday, January 30, 2023 |
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Judge Lifts West Hawaii Fishing Injunction
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 1703 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... the lifting of the injunction in the WHRFMA does not permit the immediate resumption of commercial aquarium fishing ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Could this be a good year at the Hawaii Legislature?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:54 PM :: 2051 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... we have high hopes for a few ideas that could make a real difference for our state ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Hawaii ranked as most expensive state to buy eggs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 AM :: 2256 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... the average cost for a dozen eggs in Hawaii is about $9.73. That's 51% higher than a year earlier and 53% higher than #2 Florida ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Proposed Hawaii State Privacy Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1988 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Small Business
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... Hawaii lawmakers introducing consumer privacy bills and biometric privacy bills ....
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Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Long, expensive road for government permission to work
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 2296 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business
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... spend nearly three times as long on educational requirements and be faced with shelling out twice as much in associated fees ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Reforming Hawaii Professional Licensing Laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:06 PM :: 2244 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii is the fourth-worst state in the country when it comes to requiring occupational licenses ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii November Unemployment 3.3%
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 2174 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....
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Saturday, December 3, 2022 |
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Licensing laws a license to hold back workers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:12 PM :: 1972 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... “License to Work” study looks at state regulations nationwide ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Licensing Regs Burden Low-Income Occupations
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 1889 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii has the highest average burdens across the occupations it licenses ....
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Friday, November 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment 3.4%
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 2022 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... total nonagricultural jobs increased by 4,900 in October over September ....
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Sunday, November 13, 2022 |
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Getting Permitting Out of Home Maintenance
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2272 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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... a typical residential building permit application took 108 days to process, while one for a commercial project took 432 days ....
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Why is there a doctor shortage in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:55 PM :: 2975 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... The state is short more than 1,000 doctors, which means some patients cannot get care, and the ones who do have to wait a long time. ...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Oahu’s short-term rental ban walking on thin ice
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:32 AM :: 2905 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... A preliminary injunction against Oahu’s ban on short-term rentals of fewer than 90 days is a bad sign for the City & County of Honolulu ....
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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How Sandboxes Could Help Hawaii Prosper
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 AM :: 1512 Views :: Small Business
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... Hawaii is one of the most difficult states in which to start a business ....
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
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Unemployment Trust Fund Grows to $205M
By News Release @ 3:58 AM :: 2288 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Community health workers don’t need licensing, auditor says; is Legislature listening?
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:17 PM :: 1873 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... A proposed certification scheme for community health workers would burden the workers and raise prices for everyone, according to a new report by Hawaii Office of the State Auditor ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Aiona: DLNR Holomua Marine Initiative 'Copying California'
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 9:15 PM :: 1928 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... more transparency is required to ensure plans account for our local culture, and not simply copying a California plan for Hawaiʻi use ....
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Monday, October 31, 2022 |
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Short-term rental ban deserves short life
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:57 PM :: 1892 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Formerly known as Bill 41, the new law was supposed to go into effect this week, but a federal judge temporarily blocked it until its provisions can be hashed out in court ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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BLNR Repeals Waikiki blue card requirement
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 2036 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Certification permits have long been required for surf and sailboard instructors, catamaran and canoe captains and second captains, and commercial motorboat operators, operating in Waikiki ....
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022 |
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Short-term Rental Ban: City Warned About Enforcement
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:18 PM :: 2449 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... a warning letter Kugle sent Oct. 21 to Honolulu officials about how they should be cautious that their publicized intent to 'aggressively' enforce the law doesn’t violate the judge’s order ....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Charged with Securities Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 2729 Views :: Jones Act, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... a decade-long scheme to defraud investors of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc ....
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Friday, October 21, 2022 |
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EPA ordering closure of three illegal cesspools
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 1906 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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... two illegal large capacity cesspools at the Wailuku Professional Plaza in Hilo and one cesspool at the SKS Management LLC self-storage business in Kailua-Kona ....
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
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Federal Court: Honolulu's 3-Month Minimum Rental Term Preempted By State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:28 PM :: 2920 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Violating the ordinance meant massive daily fines ($10k), plus disgorgement of the rent. Thus, not surprisingly, the ordinance drew a federal court challenge from property owners ....
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Friday, October 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii judge halts ban on short-term rentals
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 2964 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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... Airbnbs and similar rentals on Oahu can continue operations as usual for now ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Biden Admin: Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will not be expanded
By News Release @ 5:14 AM :: 2255 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business
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... the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams said the administration is not considering an expansion to PRIMNM ....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |
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Confirmation bias in the pros and cons of minimum-wage studies
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 AM :: 2130 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Video of presentation at Hawaii Pacific University ....
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Monday, September 26, 2022 |
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WESPAC Rebukes Proposal to Expand Marine National Monument in Pacific
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 1726 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Scientists Concerned with Lack of Data to Support Marine Monument Expansion ....
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Friday, September 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii short-term rental property owners urge judge to stop new ordinance from disrupting business
By Court House News @ 4:04 AM :: 2732 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... the Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance alleges the ordinance will cause irreparable economic damages to owners that have been renting out properties for less than 90 days....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Will Hawaii's Minimum Wage Backfire?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 AM :: 1970 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....
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