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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 :: 2687 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 :: 2769 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 :: 2004 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 :: 1941 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 :: 1583 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 :: 2550 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 :: 1816 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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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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The cost of employment in each state--Hawaii 7th Highest
By Selected News Articles @ 10:52 PM :: 2470 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
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How to reduce permit delays for Hawaii homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:55 AM :: 2951 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Small Business
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... in Hawaii County, residential permits take about 143 days to issue. In Honolulu, it’s 108 days for residential projects and 432 days for commercial projects over $1 million ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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Act 183: C-PACE in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:56 AM :: 1615 Views :: Energy, Small Business
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... The legislation authorizes the Hawai‘i Green Infrastructure Authority to administer C-PACE for the soon-to-be available financing program ....
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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It's too late for now for Hawaii, but evidence against minimum-wage hikes keeps piling up
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 1662 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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"...as firms reorganize their production in response to the higher minimum, they start substituting away from these workers on whom the minimum wage binds and towards those on whom it does not....”
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate Increases to 4.3%
By News Release @ 6:09 AM :: 1736 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.3 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in May ....
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 |
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While Patients Wait, Hawaii Plays Favorites in Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 2187 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... Launching any type of business involves risk, but health care providers face an extra hurdle in Hawaii ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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CNBC: America’s Top States for Business--Hawaii 46th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 1749 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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DBEDT: More Taxpayer Money Going to High Tech Schemers
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 1515 Views :: Ethics, Small Business
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... Hawai‘i Small Business Capital Program (HI-CAP) Collateral Support Program, designed to assist borrowers in obtaining financing that might otherwise be unavailable due to a collateral shortfall ....
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
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Whipsaw: Four Crypto Firms Quit Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 1757 Views :: Small Business
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.... eleven companies (down from 15) will be continuing to participate in the Digital Currency Innovation Lab (DCIL) program ....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Minimum Wage Hike, makes Earned Income Tax Credit Refundable
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 1991 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... Act 114 increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii's labor force participation rate increasing, jobs report shows
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 1950 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Evidence keeps rolling in against proposed minimum-wage increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 1708 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 1771 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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Good news/bad news about cryptocurrency in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:15 PM :: 1785 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii’s policymakers haven’t given up the dream of regulating it into oblivion ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Short-term rental property owners contest new bill regulating rentals on Hawaii
By Court House News @ 6:10 PM :: 1951 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii's $800M Crypto Marketplace Last Minute Reprieve
By News Release @ 6:37 AM :: 1381 Views :: Small Business
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... As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 134,000 Hawai‘i consumers who transacted over $800 million in digital currencies through participating companies in the DCIL .....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Enviros Launch Push for Largest Marine 'Monument' Ever
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 1510 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... It would well surpass the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which was the world’s largest protected area when President Barack Obama expanded it in 2016 ...
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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Oahu’s problematic short-term rental ban
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:55 AM :: 2365 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Have you been renting out a room to help pay your mortgage? ....
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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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Fishing Industry Adopts Shark-Protection Strategy Before Enviros Can Impose One
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 1399 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... the latest example in a long history of bottom-up federal fishery management through the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council ....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |
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FAA Proposes to Revoke Transair's Certificate
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 1478 Views :: Small Business
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... Operated a Boeing 737 airplane on 33 flights when it was not airworthy ....
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022 |
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Policy experts: Hawaii does not need to be in the retirement fund business
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 1899 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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"The state can't even fully fund its own public pension system."
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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Legislative Session: 50-50 for Small Business
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 1349 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... relief, disappointment on four bills ....
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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Gov. Ige urged to review new research before deciding on minimum-wage hike
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:56 PM :: 1683 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... A popular 2010 study claiming minimum-wage hikes do not cause ‘economic shocks’ has just been reanalyzed and overturned ....
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Sunday, May 15, 2022 |
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UHERO: Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Hawaii Businesses
By UHERO @ 8:02 PM :: 1651 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... on September 13, 2021, the counties of Honolulu and Maui mandated that customers and employees provide proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Highest 1-year Business Failure Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1513 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... In the Aloha State, 25.4% of businesses fail in that first year ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
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Honolulu's new restrictions on short-term rentals take effect in October
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 1800 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Oahu's available vacation rentals have already fallen over 37% since 2019, more than any other island ....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
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Helping Native Hawaiians Obtain Financial Capital
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:34 AM :: 2041 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Small Business
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... There are many success stories of Native Hawaiians benefiting from financial capital through the NHRLF ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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Short-term rental ban will disrupt Honolulu economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 PM :: 2313 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... a new city enforcement division consisting of seven new employees whose sole duty will be to ferret out Honolulu homeowners who dare to rent out their homes or parts of their homes for less than 90 days ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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To GET or Not to GET – SVOG and RRF Are the Questions
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1936 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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“The general rule is that amounts received by a business that replace income are subject to GET."
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
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Feds move to protect deadliest shark
By Court House News @ 8:09 PM :: 1890 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... One of the most famous incidents occurred after the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed during World War II ... hundreds of sailors were killed by sharks before rescue ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022 |
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Blangiardi signs Bill 41 outlawing some Short Term Rentals
By News Release @ 5:27 AM :: 1875 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... The measure was passed by the Honolulu City Council on April 13, 2022 by a vote of 8-to-1 ....
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Monday, April 25, 2022 |
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Vacation rental ban won’t solve Hawaii housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:25 PM :: 2291 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Oahu tightened the screws in 2019. Yet, housing prices still went up. Even when vacation rental usage declined during the lockdowns, it didn’t result in a significant drop in housing costs....
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Monday, April 25, 2022 |
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Honolulu 5th Lowest Small Business Growth
By Wallet Hub @ 3:30 PM :: 1957 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Honolulu business environment ranks 84th of 100 large cities in USA ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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Minimum Wage Hike a good way to put more people out of work
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:16 PM :: 1337 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... HB2510 HD2 SD1 that proposes increasing Hawaii’s mandatory minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026 while reducing the tip credit to zero over the same period ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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SB2695 SD2 HD1 a needless delay tactic for cryptocurrency
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:49 PM :: 1414 Views :: Small Business
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... This requirement has made it nearly impossible for cryptocurrency companies to do business in Hawaii ....
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022 |
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Minimum wage mostly hurts the people it is intended to help
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:20 AM :: 1914 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes ....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 |
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We can breathe freely again; what have we learned?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:09 PM :: 1622 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... it is not possible to turn an economy on and off like a light switch ....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 |
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Former OHA Aide Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Million Fraud and Money Laundering
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 2327 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Small Business
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... Harleman faces up to 20 years imprisonment on each of the wire fraud counts and up to 10 years imprisonment on each of the money laundering counts, as well as a fine of up to $250,000 on each count, plus a term of supervised release up to three years ....
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Monday, March 28, 2022 |
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Discouraging short-term rentals won’t ease housing shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 AM :: 1889 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Honolulu rents since 2018 have continued to increase, despite a downturn in short-term rental stays during that time frame ....
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Monday, March 28, 2022 |
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‘Empty homes’ tax will not achieve goal
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 AM :: 1813 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... an empty homes tax would have the effect of penalizing homeowners, driving up already sky-high taxes, implementing privacy-invasive and severe enforcement measures and providing little to benefit to residents in need of affordable housing ....
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Friday, March 25, 2022 |
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Lawsuit challenges rule banning swimming with spinner dolphins in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 2069 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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... The Pacific Legal Foundation said the ban was an unlawful move by a low-level federal bureaucrat who destroyed a business avenue central to the livelihoods of many in Hawaii ....
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