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Tuesday, June 26, 2018 |
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Volcano? What Volcano? Hawaii Hotel Occupancy Up 1.5% for May
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 4561 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...The survey generally excludes properties with under 20 lodging units, such as small bed and breakfasts, youth hostels, single-family vacation rentals, cottages, individually rented vacation condominiums....
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Saturday, June 23, 2018 |
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Akina: Caldwell makes right call on ride-hailing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:33 PM :: 4592 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...On Thursday, he introduced a bill that would even the playing field for taxis, to help bring their business model into the 21st century....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Legalizes Internet Sales Tax--And Hawaii May Get Nothing
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 9490 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...despite Hawaii’s new e-commerce law in anticipation of the court ruling, local tax attorneys caution the state could still face legal challenges in collecting those taxes because of its unique tax structure and what now look like flaws in signed legislation....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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State Gives Away $900K to Manufacturers
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 5068 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...Give us $1.55B and we’ll create 80,000 jobs. Promise! —uh--just like we did last time when you gave us $2B....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Leaves a Dinosaur-Sized Economic Footprint in State of Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 5934 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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...The film generated more than $31 million in local economic activity and contributed more than $6.9 million in wages to over 1,200 local workers....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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Caldwell: Loosen Taxi Regs for Everybody
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 5403 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...Caldwell said at a news conference that rather than require ride-hailing drivers to abide by long-held taxi rules, cabbies should be freed from their constraints and allowed to operate like their Uber and Lyft counterparts....
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Monday, June 18, 2018 |
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New Campaign Highlights 680 Beer Distribution Jobs in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 3997 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...National Beer Wholesalers Association launches 'Delivering Local Jobs'; Tells story of independent beer distributors in Hawaii....
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Sunday, June 17, 2018 |
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Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card -- Hawaii Stuck on 'F'
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 5895 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...The 2018 Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card shows how each state ranks among its peers in several categories that are of particular interest to site selection experts for the manufacturing and logistics industries....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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'Surge pricing' ban will hurt Honolulu consumers
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:59 PM :: 4617 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii urges Mayor Caldwell to reject the City Council measure....
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Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii #3 in Sin Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 4:09 PM :: 5252 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...The State of Hawaii is the senior partner in the sin business....
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Saturday, June 2, 2018 |
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2017: Google Generates $171M of Economic Activity in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 5393 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...The value of Google Search and AdWords for businesses is the profit they receive from clicks on search results and ads minus their cost of advertising, estimated as $8 profit for every $1 spent....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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$0.15 Bag Tax Hits Oahu Starting July 1
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 9580 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes
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...Caldwell in 2017, amended the plastic bag ban ordinance to require businesses to charge a minimum 15 cent fee per bag starting July 1, 2018....
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Thursday, May 31, 2018 |
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Discovering Hidden Hawaii Tours to Pay $570,000 To Settle EEOC Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment Suit
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 7055 Views :: Ethics, Family, Labor, Small Business
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...Company President Sexually Harassed Male Employees for More Than a Decade, Federal Agency Says....
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Sunday, May 27, 2018 |
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We Can’t See It or Touch It, But We Can Tax It!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4896 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...HB 2416 applies Hawaii Use Tax to intangible property....
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 |
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Fisheries Management: UH Identifies Next Targets
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 4591 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...In their computer model, the research team simulated the effect of removing fishing pressure....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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S. 2155: Checks to Clear Faster in Am Samoa, NMI
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 4341 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Small Business
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...the provision reduces the lengthy 30-day hold on checks and puts the islands on equal footing with the states where the hold rarely exceeds 5 business days....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Can Uber Stay in Honolulu?
By Video @ 12:28 AM :: 4825 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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... "The Infamous" Bill 35 and it's effects on Hawaii's local population as well as tourists ....
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Thursday, May 17, 2018 |
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Caldwell: LimeBike will be Cool When it Properly Greases the Haunches of Power
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 6753 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...Government Moves Quickly When Politicos Don’t Get a Cut of New Business....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Ninth Circuit’s Equal Pay Decision Requires Hawaii Employers to Reexamine Pay Structures
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 AM :: 4352 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...In the case, Rizo v. Yovino, the court determined that the EPA bars employers from relying on past wage or salary history as a justification for pay disparities....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Inflation Making Minimum Wage Irrelevant
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:54 PM :: 4179 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Hawaii’s Legislature did not approve a higher minimum wage this year....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Court Orders Hawaiian Shallow-set Longline Fishery to Close
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4289 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...enviros continue to obstruct all non-tourism activities in and around Hawaii....
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Saturday, May 5, 2018 |
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Feds Approve Hawaii Air Ambulance deal
By News Release @ 11:20 AM :: 4172 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on Merger of Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. and AMR Holdco, Inc....
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Monday, April 30, 2018 |
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Honolulu, Pearl City Among Worst Places to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 PM :: 4003 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Pearl City ranks 178th--5th highest--for Labor Costs....
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Friday, April 27, 2018 |
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American Samoa Cabotage Legislation to Promote Reliable Air Service
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 7378 Views :: National News, Jones Act, Small Business, Tourism
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...This solution has passed the House before, but not yet in the Senate; however, this time the provision is included in a major bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration....
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Wednesday, April 25, 2018 |
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Honolulu: Highest Paid Realtors in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 4219 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Highest Median Annual Wage for Real Estate Agents–Honolulu and Pearl City tied for #1....
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Saturday, April 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for House Flippers
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 PM :: 6529 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Hawaii has the seventh-smallest average gross ROI in flips at less than 30 percent. Plus, its median home list price of over $900,000, the highest nationwide, ties up a lot of your capital at a time....
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018 |
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Which Hawaii Town is Best Place to Start a Business?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 4677 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Waipahu, Pearl City and Kaneohe are the worst ....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Does Your State Tax Manufacturing Machinery?
By Tax Foundation @ 4:38 PM :: 4831 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...the sales tax bases in Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Dakota are incredibly broad, so it’s not surprising that they would tax these types of transactions....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii occupational licensing laws 'headed in wrong direction'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 5103 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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HTDC Report: After Billions in Tax Credits, Hawaii Tech Sector Still Minuscule
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 5120 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...After all the billions we gave them, HTDC's pet 'High Tech' tax credit recipents claim a paltry $61.27M in revenues for 2017....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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EA Debunks Hysteria: Aquarium Fishery has 'No Significant Impact'
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 4821 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...maybe now attention can be focused on more important issues such as the recent spate of deaths caused by snorkel rentals....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Mandatory paid sick leave wrong medicine for Hawaii economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:16 PM :: 5299 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...There are currently three different bills still alive that would require local companies to give all employees paid sick leaves: HB 1727, HB 2598 and SB 2990 ....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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Obama Marine Monuments Legal? Court to Decide
By Selected News Articles @ 6:50 PM :: 6546 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Obama
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...They argue the sea is not “land owned or controlled by the Federal government and thus not within the president’s proclaiming authority.”....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 2:20 PM :: 6616 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...but has the 5th-least punative Medical Board....
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Friday, March 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislative Session: Victories and Challenges for Small Business
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 4572 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...from National Federation of Independent Business-Hawaii....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Vacation Rental Home Is "Public Accommodation" -- Lesbians are Mandatory
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 7164 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism
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...the court held they could be held liable, even though it is their home, first concluding that renting out a room in your home qualifies as offering a public accommodation, even though it is your residence....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Pandering to Dem Base with Fake Issue: Hawaii Sues FCC over Net Neutrality
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 5504 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...politicians striking a fashionable pose against corporations and business, fearmongering by special interest groups with an agenda....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Hawaii Bill Banning Plastic Straws Based on Research by a 9-Year-Old
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 AM :: 8243 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5506 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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2018 Employment Bills Introduced
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 4739 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Want to know what labor and employment bills will be considered during this year’s legislative session?....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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Minimum Wage: Good intentions don’t always equal good policy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:38 PM :: 4666 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...SB2291 would raise the minimum wage in Hawaii to $15 an hour by 2020....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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‘Net neutrality’ could keep Hawaii in slow lane
By Joe Kent @ 2:19 AM :: 6424 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Ige this week signed an executive order that most likely will discourage competition and innovation among internet service providers ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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50-State Corporate Income Tax Rates and Brackets for 2018
By Tax Foundation @ 10:43 AM :: 6494 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Forty-four states levy a corporate income tax. Rates range from 3 percent in North Carolina to 12 percent in Iowa....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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Ige Asks Legislators to 'Governmentize' Services
By Joe Kent @ 4:11 AM :: 5666 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...HB 2368 and SB 2795 would begin replacing private contractors with civil service employees....
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Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Introduces Legislative Package
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 6006 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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...Bill to address Adams v. CDM court ruling (HB2201/SB2993)....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 |
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Report: Hawaii is an Expensive Place to Get Married
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 PM :: 7613 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...the cost only adds more stress, with the average couple shelling out over $35,000 for their big day....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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Wage floor great for robots
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:57 AM :: 4653 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...it’s not a living wage if you’ve been replaced by a robot....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Hawaii Fishermen’s Alliance and Aquarium Fishery Team Up To Save Industry, Protect Environment
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 6065 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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“...The state has a responsibility to ensure its natural resources are managed in a scientifically credible way for the benefit of all its citizens. We look forward to being partners in this important work....”
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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SB2003: Hawaii Senate urged to drop ornamental fish ban
By News Release @ 12:23 PM :: 5462 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Senate Bill 2003, which is being heard by the Senate Land & Water Committee on Friday, bans the issue of all new aquarium fishing licenses....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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New bills could make life difficult for Hawaii vapers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 AM :: 5575 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Last Friday, Hawaii’s state senate introduced a bill that threatens to make it much harder to open a new vape shop. Now it’s emerged that another bill put forward at the same time could ban all online sales of vapor products....
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