Business and political leaders criticized the governor for changing a program that seems to be working.
A wholesale shift to employees working from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has softened the office market but there’s been no mass exodus from office space.
Money set aside to help struggling renters and small businesses will be used to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund if the cash isn’t spent by Dec. 31.
Even after the pandemic passes, some industries may need fewer workers, business excecutives say.
State and local officials have yet to produce economic recovery plans. But business leaders have ideas on what’s needed to help stop the state’s financial free fall.
The federal dollars will be used to make cattle ranching more viable as a business.
The deal is part of a regional initiative that would move thousands of troops from Okinawa to Hawaii, Guam and Australia and beef up facilities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
The state’s largest private employer before COVID-19 struck, Hawaiian Airlines business took a nosedive in the third quarter of 2020.
Despite restrictions that have hindered business and a growing homeless population, businesses are moving into Honolulu’s arts and entertainment district.
Amid pandemic, state and local government leaders do not defer to the state’s major industry.
Some see the recent uptick in people moving to Hawaii as an opportunity for the state. Others view the wave of newcomers as a threat.
Retail stores that relied on tourism have quietly closed without notice. And the worst may not be over.
Business and political leaders criticized the governor for changing a program that seems to be working.
A wholesale shift to employees working from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has softened the office market but there’s been no mass exodus from office space.
Money set aside to help struggling renters and small businesses will be used to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund if the cash isn’t spent by Dec. 31.
Even after the pandemic passes, some industries may need fewer workers, business excecutives say.
State and local officials have yet to produce economic recovery plans. But business leaders have ideas on what’s needed to help stop the state’s financial free fall.
The federal dollars will be used to make cattle ranching more viable as a business.
