Small Business

With SB 2609 moving in Senate, Grassroot Institute says it will fail in its objectives....

The first report of its scope in nearly 14 years, it examines the past performance of Hawaii’s construction industry and forecasts future growth....

If the legislature is serious about fighting poverty in Hawaii, a broader and more comprehensive discussion is essential....

There are about 375,000 pages of federal law and regulation in addition to the laws of each State and each city and county....

Would this actually help the entry-level workers it is supposed to help? ....

...there’s no “latte loophole,” since any quantity of added sugar makes a drink fall under the ban. Indeed, the only way to get more than a pint of drink at a time is to add booze, as adult beverages are excluded ...

Of Hawaii’s 30,000 small businesses, 296 registered for insurance through the Hawaii Health Connector by the Dec. 25 deadline....

As of January 1, a new tax rule will prevent restaurant workers from collecting automatic tips....

...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....

...a list of more than 300 mortgage loan originators (MLOs) and mortgage loan originator companies (MLOCs) that failed to renew their licenses....

The FAA this week that the University of Alaska is one of several educational institutions selected to test drones, and Hawaii and Oregon are included in the university’s plan ....

DOCARE has noticed a significant increase in illegal vending on state land throughout Kauai County....

CMS recently announced that it will extend the federal programs to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic health records ....

18th annual “Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship.”....

Consumers choose plastic bags far more often than paper or reusable bags to carry their purchases.... 

For years, local leaders, both within government and the business community, depended on the umbilical cord to federal funds secured by Hawaii’s Congressional delegation....

...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....

...arguing a case in the Hawaii Supreme Court about automatic approval statutes and zoning law....

Obamacare’s menu labeling regulation will be costly and time-consuming for businesses ....

U.S. candy makers are expanding production in other countries as federal price supports and a global glut of the sweet stuff give an ever-greater advantage to foreign rivals....

The United States should not accept a reduction in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery....

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) will hold public hearings in all counties between Dec. 2 and 6, 2013....

Think small business owners really are going to get tax credits through Obamacare health exchanges? Think again....

Vermont, perhaps best known as home of the hippie ice cream company Ben & Jerry's, is 12th-best for new businesses, while South Carolina placed toward the bottom....

Business leaders will be invited to join the council, which will consist of 15 volunteers representing industries such as travel and tourism, recreation, fishing, transportation, energy, and marketing. Members will be appointed by the national marine sanctuaries director and serve two- to three-year terms....

Friday, September 20, SBH Business All Stars Awards Banquet at the Waialae Country Club from 5:00 to 8 p.m....

Grace’s report provides specific research and points of reference for ... The Queen’s Federal Credit Union and Aloha Federal Credit Union of Honolulu....

TEA Party Maui's September monthly meeting this coming Thursday, September 12th,  2013, starting 6:30 PM at the Kalama Heights Retirement Community....

NFIB/Hawaii State Director Melissa Pavlicek invites members to send her their thoughts on some of the most pressing small-business issues facing Hawaii for possible inclusion in the 2014 Hawaii Member State Ballot....

...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....

...it is not the cost of the tax that adds to the price of locally grown products as much as it is the external factors such as the cost of land, labor, and regulatory compliance....

The FDA estimates that first-year compliance costs could be as high as $537 million for all regulated businesses covered under the rule....

Your final charges probably will be higher than shown here because the most highly variable costs are not included: title insurance, title search, taxes, other government fees and escrow fees....

In addition to the fees and charges levied for these required permits and licenses, there is the time that it takes to secure many of these permits and licenses....

Businesses should see this as a warning, as they are a convenient target for politicians ....

DLNR will hold a public information meeting from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, July 18....

...for causing or permitting visible fugitive dust to become airborne....

identify changeable policies so that Hawaii can move off the bottom of this list....

...prevent Hawaii residents from having their private medical information used as a marketing tool by drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), some of which also operate mail-order pharmacies....

A community pharmacist in the Northern Mariana Islands reports that his Medicare patients' closest preferred pharmacy is nine hours away by plane in Hawaii....

...if your population of patients is heavily inclined to Medicare and Medicaid then your reimbursements are low....