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Friday, January 7, 2022 |
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UHERO: Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 9:20 PM :: 3532 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... the trade-off in temporary losses during the adjustment period is met with significant gains in public health ....
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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COVID: Hawaii Shutdowns Among Harshest in USA
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 3546 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The study showed a statistically significant correlation between how severe state governmental actions were in shutting down their economies and negative impacts on employment more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began ....
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022 |
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7-Eleven Hawaii to Accept SNAP for Online Orders With Vroom Delivery
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 1953 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... The island retailer will be the first convenience store chain in the U.S. to launch online SNAP payment capabilities ....
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022 |
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Removing Hawaii’s Barriers to Bitcoin
By Video @ 1:10 AM :: 2189 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii has higher legal barriers to virtual-currency companies than any other state ....
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Thursday, December 30, 2021 |
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Maui County Delays Plastic Disposable Foodware Ban
By News Release @ 10:14 AM :: 4455 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Small Business
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... Banned items include plastic disposable food service containers and utensils such forks, spoons and knives, and plates, trays, bowls, cups, hinged (plate lunch) containers and straws ....
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021 |
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Feds Bust Two Restaurants for Failure to Pay Overtime
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 2697 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... The division’s investigation led to the recovery of $40,000 in back wages plus another $40,000 in liquidated damages for five workers ....
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Sunday, December 12, 2021 |
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Foreign Trade Zone Kerfuffle
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2143 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... DoTax wants years of back GE Taxes ....
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Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
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Kauai Wipes out 1,450 illegal TVRs
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 3756 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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“...With a combined effort of increased enforcement, as well as partnerships with third-party platforms such as Expedia, the Kaua‘i Planning Department estimates that illegal vacation rentals on Kaua‘i have gone from roughly 1,500 in 2017 down to less than 50 today....”
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Friday, November 19, 2021 |
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COVID-19 regulations aren’t cost-free
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:16 PM :: 2493 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... ignoring the full cost is tantamount to malpractice ....
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021 |
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Government regulations get thumbs down in Hawaii survey
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:26 PM :: 2268 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Solid majorities agree there are too many regulations and they hurt small businesses ....
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Thursday, November 11, 2021 |
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Spying on You: Hawaii Insurer Testing 'Accident Predictive System' Based on 'Drive Recorder' in Cars
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 2333 Views :: Higher Education, Small Business
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... when a risk of an accident is detected by the algorithm based on the data captured by the drive recorder, effective safety measures such as notifying the operations manager of the relevant company and/or encouraging the driver to take a break ....
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021 |
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Judge tosses claims over King’s Hawaiian rolls packaging
By Court House News @ 5:39 AM :: 2410 Views :: Small Business
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... A logo depicting a crown slightly evocative of a pineapple alongside "Hilo, Hawaii" did not persuade a federal judge to accept claims that King's Hawaiian misleads customers into believing its rolls are actually made in Hawaii ....
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Monday, November 8, 2021 |
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State Launches ABLE Savings Program for Disabled
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 2491 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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... In 2019, Gov. Ige signed Kal’s Law, which allowed individuals with a qualifying disability to work full-time at minimum wage without losing state or federal benefits. This year, Gov. Ige signed a bill that became Act 55 — which removes the practice of paying individuals a sub-minimum wage based solely on the fact the individual has a disability ....
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
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Ige Eases COVID Rules for Gyms, Bars, Restaurants
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 3159 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Kawakami: New state order ‘essentially forces’ vaccine requirements ....
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Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
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2021 State Business Tax Climate Index -- Hawaii 38th
By Tax Foundation @ 4:50 PM :: 4385 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... the Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems and provides a road map for improvement ....
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021 |
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VIDEO: How Hawaii Scares Entrepreneurs Away
By Video @ 2:05 AM :: 2905 Views :: Economy, Small Business
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... Gerard Dericks, Ph.D., is the new director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education at Hawaii Pacific University ....
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Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
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Honolulu Bookkeeper Indicted for $1.2 Million Fraud and Money Laundering
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 1649 Views :: OHA, Small Business
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... six counts of wire fraud and seven counts of money laundering ....
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Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021 |
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The real enemy of aloha is uncertainty
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:06 AM :: 2370 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Why are some businesses treated differently than others? When will we be able to return to normal? Are any of these restrictions really saving lives? ....
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii COVID-19 Business Mandates Boost Vaccination Rate 8%
By UHERO @ 11:55 PM :: 2528 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... an additional 8% of employees were estimated to have been vaccinated as a result of the mandates. We also observed that 5.9% of employees elected regular COVID-19 testing, while 1.7% were either dismissed or resigned ....
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Saturday, October 9, 2021 |
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BLNR Rejects Aquarium Fishing EIS
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 2304 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Six board members voted to deny the FEIS, and one abstained ....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
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HTA: Vacation Rentals Decline Sharply from 2019 Records
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 2386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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... In August 2021, the total monthly supply of statewide vacation rentals was 616,900 unit nights (+73.0% vs. 2020, -32.7% vs. 2019) ....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
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NOAA-Supported Aquaculture Projects Seek to Build Hawaiʻi Seafood Sustainability
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 2897 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Aquaculture projects with Hawaiian sea cucumbers and goatfish could benefit ancient fishponds and commercial aquaculture operators ....
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Friday, September 24, 2021 |
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HDoT Revokes Plan to Terminate Dillingham Airfield
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 2758 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Members from the HDOT, U.S. Army, Congress, Executive Office, Legislature, Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA), tenants and community members have been meeting every few weeks for the past nine months as a collaborative effort to help save the airfield ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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UHERO Survey on COVID-19 Business Mandates
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 2417 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... conducting a brief 10-minute survey for business managers and owners to understand the impacts of the new COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements on their business ....
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Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
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Restaurant Defies Oahu’s new COVID rules--Gets Red Tagged
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 3392 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... DOH Food Safety Branch has issued a Cease and Desist Order and a red “closed” placard to Doner Shack ....
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 |
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How COVID Rules Affect Maui Businesses
By Video @ 3:02 AM :: 2826 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Questions include whether the mandates are practical, whether they are supported by data, and whether they are narrowly tailored to achieve a specific goal without violating the freedoms of Maui residents generally ....
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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Rep Okimoto: Vaccine passport will increase spread among unvaccinated
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 3219 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... if you implement a policy that segregates the vaccinated with the unvaccinated, we're inadvertently incentivizing the unvaccinated community to gather and spread COVID within their own communities ....
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Monday, August 30, 2021 |
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City Launches Vaccine Pass System for Restaurants, Bars, Gyms
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 3237 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... City launches “Safe Access O‘ahu” program to help protect businesses, employees and customers ....
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Saturday, August 28, 2021 |
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Supreme Court Rules Against the Revised CDC Eviction Moratorium
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 PM :: 2428 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Here is the Supreme Court majority's explanation of why the moratorium is illegal ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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SCOTUS Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium And Leaves Tantalizing Clues About Takings
By Robert Thomas @ 11:48 PM :: 2887 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... The other shoe -- perhaps the most predictable shoe drop in legal history -- dropped yesterday ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Oahu Workplace Survey: 1 in 3 Already Have Vaccine Mandate
By UHERO @ 4:58 AM :: 3035 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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City submits revised short-term rental bill to Planning Commission
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 3351 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... would not allow any new STRs in residential areas, but allow STRs adjacent to existing resort areas ....
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Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
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The Time Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2513 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... government not only taxes people by taking their money, but also imposes administrative burdens that waste countless precious hours of people’s time ....
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021 |
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COVID Cash: Honolulu Rent and Utility Program Reopens
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 9688 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Higher income limits mean more Oʻahu renters can qualify ....
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021 |
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New website consolidates Hawaii remote work opportunities
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 2014 Views :: Small Business
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... invest.hawaii.gov/remote provides residents with direct links to partners of the Hawai‘i Remote Work Pilot Project and the local American Job Center (AJC)....
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Saturday, August 7, 2021 |
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Eviction Ban Extension Only Applies to People who Apply for Aid
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 2982 Views :: Law Enforcement, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The CDC’s Eviction Order only applies to “covered persons.” To be eligible, tenants/renters must attest that they have used best efforts to obtain all available governmental assistance for housing ....
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021 |
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Guam Mango Seizure Unconstitutional
By Robert Thomas @ 12:00 PM :: 2617 Views :: Judiciary, Small Business
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... "[i]n the case before us, the government is not merely restricting what Genpro may do with its dried mangoes, it is compelling the physical surrender of the mangoes to WSTCO." ....
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Friday, July 30, 2021 |
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Victorino signs agreements with Expedia and Airbnb to curb illegal TVRs
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 3593 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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... Both platforms will now require host-provided tax map key numbers to appear on online listings ....
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Friday, July 23, 2021 |
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Where's the aloha for Hawaii bar owners?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:51 PM :: 3152 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Hawaii’s bars might be among those that have suffered the most under the confusing COVID-19 tier system ....
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Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
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Lockdowns lower the bar for rule of law
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:33 PM :: 2641 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Bill Comerford tells how Hawaii’s arbitrary lockdowns turned his world upside down ....
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
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Shoring Up Water Transportation
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3565 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” There wasn’t much media coverage ....
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Friday, July 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7%
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 3262 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii no longer has the nation’s highest unemployment rate ....
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
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Ige: Eviction Moratorium Ends August 6
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 2522 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Ige today formally notified the Hawai‘i State Legislature and Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald that he will not be issuing any further eviction moratoria once the current moratorium expires on Aug. 6 ....
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
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DBEDT Projects Support Military Contracting
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2723 Views :: Military, Small Business
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...“The emerging digital and clean energy in Hawai‘i is well aligned with the mission and purpose of Hawaii’s Defense Economy,” said Mike McCartney, director of DBEDT....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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Sue and Settle: Eco Group 'Sues' BLNR to Stop Aquarium Fishing
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 3149 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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... Today’s complaint, filed in Hawai‘i Circuit Court in Honolulu, challenges the board’s failure to reject the latest environmental impact statement submitted by trade representatives, which the group says violates state environmental protection laws ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Akina rides with Perry & The Posse to lament the 'tracks of our tiers'
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 3253 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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“Just when you think we’d reached the prize, somebody moves our cheese. But what that really shows is a lack of transparency about the tier system.”
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