Small Business

...approved reopenings for Maui, Kauai, Oahu....

...One way policymakers can help expedite their state’s economic recovery is by protecting employers from facing higher UI tax rates at a time when they can least afford to pay them....

...Mayor Caldwell provides guidelines for resuming in-person spiritual services....

...the State of Emergency is not justified by the numbers.... 

...Hawaii is 9th at 36.6%....

...Malama Meals has provided nearly 350,000 free meals to individuals impacted by the Coronavirus Crisis....

...According to the plan – the state will start to gradually re-open medium-risk businesses and operations beginning in June – assuming the state’s COVID-19 activity remains manageable....

...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.... 

...It's not too late to sign 'Let Hawaii Work' petition....

...Small Business Relief and Recovery Fund using $25 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding....

...companies indicated difficulty generating sales, and cited customer uncertainty as a primary driver of declining sales volume....

"...Thousands of people in Hawaii are calling upon the governor to 'Let Hawaii Work' again...."

...A Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims....

...The latest proclamation also allows residents to leave their homes to patronize certain businesses and activities under the new “Safer-at-Home” order....

...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%)....

...Friday’s ruling says the agencies must bring 23 national parks into compliance with commercial air tour regulations.... 

...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....

... 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 ....

...Wiser regulators than those in Maui would avoid bloody-minded enforcement that deters voluntary civic action to help the public in a crisis....

...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.... 

"...We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state...."

...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....

...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....

...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....

...Suspension, deferment of general excise tax collections....

...We have closed our Kona Commons and McDonald’s of Walmart Kona locations for deep cleaning....

...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....

...Paul Brewbaker shares his COVID-19 analysis and forecast with a joint meeting of three boards of REALTORS®....

...Mayor Kirk Caldwell: Classify Fabric Stores As An Essential Business....

... 35 percent say that their business cannot last more than three months in current conditions ....

...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?"....

...Groups Sue to Protect Imperiled Pacific Oceanic Whitetip Sharks....

... Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Launches Petition to Urge Governor Ige to Take Further Action to Help COVID-19 Impacted Local Businesses ....

...unemployment claim increases for the week of March 23....

...to discourage the introduction of germs or the virus into stores that could be present on personal reusable bags....

...The ventilators are based on an emergency design developed at the University of Texas at Austin, which is being used nationwide....

... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....

...social distancing has significant economic impacts....

...with the coronavirus recession underway, raising the minimum wage is a bad idea....

...the first Hawaii case which uses the term "police power"....

...This measure is one of several that the Chamber is proposing to provide relief to local businesses....

...This petition will be sent to Governor Ige on Thursday, March 26th....

...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....

...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....

...21% of Hawaii businesses will lose more than $10,000 a day if they stop operations....

...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....

...the deadline is 4pm Wednesday March 18, 2020.  The forms are linked in this post....

...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....

...EPA inspectors identified multi-unit residential buildings illegally discharging wastewater into eleven cesspools in Kealakekua, Hawaii....

...Hawaii collects $103 per person....