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Saturday, May 16, 2020 |
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Salons are united and ready to open with modifications
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 8:42 PM :: 3271 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...Leading salon industry panelists demonstrated today in a live online forum hosted by Honolulu City Councilmember Kym Pine, that they are ready to open for business....
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Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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Powerful stories highlight need to lift lockdown
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:22 AM :: 2894 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...It's not too late to sign 'Let Hawaii Work' petition....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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CARES Money: Honolulu to Give $10K to Small Businesses
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 3607 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Small Business Relief and Recovery Fund using $25 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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Survey: Hawaii Solar installers slowed by COVID-19
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 3931 Views :: Energy, Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...companies indicated difficulty generating sales, and cited customer uncertainty as a primary driver of declining sales volume....
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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How Solvent is Hawaii Unemployment Trust Fund?
By Tax Foundation @ 3:17 AM :: 4136 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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...A Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 |
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Ige Announces First Round of Business Re-Openings
By News Release @ 5:23 AM :: 2802 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...The latest proclamation also allows residents to leave their homes to patronize certain businesses and activities under the new “Safer-at-Home” order....
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 |
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COVID Wipes Out 69% of Jobs on Maui
By UHERO @ 9:45 PM :: 7660 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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...total job reductions between January and April in Honolulu county were 34% of full-time jobs and 41% of part-time. These numbers were much higher on Hawaii (50% and 67%), Maui (69% and 68%), and Kauai (56% and 62%)....
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Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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Court Orders FAA Clampdown on Helicopter Tours over National Parks
By Court House News @ 4:32 PM :: 3902 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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...Friday’s ruling says the agencies must bring 23 national parks into compliance with commercial air tour regulations....
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Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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Justice Department Approves Sale of Dairy Producer Amid Antitrust Concerns
By Court House News @ 4:15 PM :: 3261 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...On April 30, Dean Foods completed the sales of its Hilo facility and related distribution branches on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui, as well as a license to the Meadow Gold Hawaii brand name and related intellectual property to MGD Acquisition LLC....
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 |
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Mālama Meals - Bringing Hope Amidst the Coronavirus Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:21 AM :: 2891 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Mālama Meals, a new group formed by Da Spot and other partners, currently provides more than 10,000 meals a day to kupuna and others in need ....
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 |
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Wall Street Journal Denounces Maui Liquor Commission
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 4797 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Wiser regulators than those in Maui would avoid bloody-minded enforcement that deters voluntary civic action to help the public in a crisis....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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A Low-Risk Plan to Re-Start Hawaii’s Economy Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 AM :: 7390 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...To reopen the economy, start with high dollar-per-human-contact businesses—ie the ones nobody is talking about. We don’t need to wait a month to do this....
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Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Work at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:48 PM :: 3599 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Taxing Medical Practice to Death
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4251 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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Governor Ige Orders Face Masks in Stores Statewide
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 3419 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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...Violations of these orders could result in a misdemeanor with fines of up to $5,000 and/or up to one year in prison or both....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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HDoT Gives Dillingham Airfield Another Year
By News Release @ 10:40 AM :: 3075 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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...HDOT Airports Division has notified tenants of Dillingham Airfield the termination of their permit at the facility has been rescinded due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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Hawaii CoC petitions governor for more COVID aid
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 2956 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Suspension, deferment of general excise tax collections....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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COVID Cluster at Two Kailua-Kona McDonalds
By News Release @ 6:13 AM :: 3297 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, COVID-19
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...We have closed our Kona Commons and McDonald’s of Walmart Kona locations for deep cleaning....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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Deal to Save Meadow Gold Collapses--Honolulu Plant Will Shut Down April 30
By News Release @ 5:32 AM :: 4924 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...Reached Agreement in Principle with an Interested Party for the Sale of Dean Foods’ Hilo Facility and Related Assets on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui as an Ongoing Business--Operations of Honolulu Facility Set to Close By April 30, 2020....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 |
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Economist unpacks disruptions to Kauai, Hawaii Island real estate
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 5045 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Paul Brewbaker shares his COVID-19 analysis and forecast with a joint meeting of three boards of REALTORS®....
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Monday, April 13, 2020 |
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Unmasked: Petition Demands Caldwell Reopen Fabric Stores
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 3217 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Mayor Kirk Caldwell: Classify Fabric Stores As An Essential Business....
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Monday, April 13, 2020 |
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Hawaii #1 -- States with the Most Affected Small Businesses due to Coronavirus
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 4008 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... 35 percent say that their business cannot last more than three months in current conditions ....
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 |
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Safety Dance: Are There Limits To Lockdowns?
By Robert Thomas @ 2:42 AM :: 3584 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Join us next Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 12 noon Hawaii Time for a free webinar sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, "Safety vs. Freedom: Are There Limits to Lockdowns?"....
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Friday, April 3, 2020 |
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Enviros Use Sharks as Excuse in Latest Attack on Hawaii Fishing Industry
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 2808 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Groups Sue to Protect Imperiled Pacific Oceanic Whitetip Sharks....
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Friday, April 3, 2020 |
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COVID Relief: Chamber of Commerce Petition Calls for GE Tax to be Suspended
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 3167 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Launches Petition to Urge Governor Ige to Take Further Action to Help COVID-19 Impacted Local Businesses ....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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States with the Biggest Increase in Unemployment--Hawaii 15th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 4277 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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...unemployment claim increases for the week of March 23....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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Mayor Kim Suspends Plastic Bag Ban to Stop Spread of COVID-19
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 3659 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, COVID-19
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...to discourage the introduction of germs or the virus into stores that could be present on personal reusable bags....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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Maui Companies to Begin Assembling Ventilators
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 3691 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, COVID-19
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...The ventilators are based on an emergency design developed at the University of Texas at Austin, which is being used nationwide....
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Sunday, March 29, 2020 |
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Lead. Grant relief. Don’t take more. Please.
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3543 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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The Agony of Restaurant Workers
By UHERO @ 6:23 PM :: 2586 Views :: Small Business
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...social distancing has significant economic impacts....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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Is Seattle a warning against Hawaii raising its minimum wage?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:08 PM :: 3147 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...with the coronavirus recession underway, raising the minimum wage is a bad idea....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Calls for Suspension or Delay of GE Tax
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 3750 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...This measure is one of several that the Chamber is proposing to provide relief to local businesses....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Restaurant Association Petitions Ige for 'Sustainment'
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 2352 Views :: Small Business
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...This petition will be sent to Governor Ige on Thursday, March 26th....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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Ige Statewide 'Stay at Home' Order Thru April 30
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 4635 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE--Stay Home Order Imposed: Caldwell Updates COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 5657 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Shutdown? 21% of Hawaii Businesses Would Lose $10,000 per Day
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 2460 Views :: Small Business
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...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID: House Speaker 'Implores' Ige to Impose Travel Ban, Order Military Response
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 4559 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Military, Small Business
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...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Crushed by COVID? Small Businesses Aid Application Period Extended
By Ed Case @ 1:29 AM :: 4014 Views :: Small Business
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...the deadline is 4pm Wednesday March 18, 2020. The forms are linked in this post....
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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Minimum Wage Hike will Worsen Corona Virus Recession
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 4224 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business, Tourism
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...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....
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Monday, March 9, 2020 |
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EPA requiring closures of 12 Big Isle cesspools
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 4227 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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...EPA inspectors identified multi-unit residential buildings illegally discharging wastewater into eleven cesspools in Kealakekua, Hawaii....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: Professional Association Tries to Take Over State Board
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 4054 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Raise Minimum Wage? What Hawaii Can Learn from Seattle
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:00 AM :: 4894 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Before the Crash: Dillingham Aviator's Last Letter to Airports Division
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 7625 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism
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...Experienced aviators Rick Rogers and Bill Enoka have been identified as the two killed at Dillingham Airfield Saturday, February 22, 2020, when their Cessna crashed on takeoff. Captain Rogers forwarded this letter to media outlets Wednesday, February 19, 2020....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Do You Buy Fuel? Then Be Very Afraid!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5364 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...if this bill passes, guess what is going to happen to your electric bill....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Dillingham Crash is Fourth Fatal Incident in Less Than a Year
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 4023 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Airplane in deadly Mokuleia crash involved in another incident 7 years ago....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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Illegal Aquarium Fishers Busted Near Billionaires Row
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 5035 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...illegally stealing fish which exist for the viewing pleasure of billionaires....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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$13 Minimum Wage Passes Another Committee
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 4031 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....
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