Business

Can A New Tax Save Downtown Honolulu’s Small Businesses? Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2025

Can A New Tax Save Downtown Honolulu’s Small Businesses?

The proposed fee could improve safety and cleanliness in the area, but critics say it won’t fix the underlying challenge facing downtown.

Public Broadcasting In Hawaiʻi Is OK – For Now Flickr: brizzle born and bred

Public Broadcasting In Hawaiʻi Is OK – For Now

Local broadcast executives are sorting out major questions following federal funding cuts.

Waikīkī Restaurant War Reveals Gaps In Hawaiʻi Business Protections Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Waikīkī Restaurant War Reveals Gaps In Hawaiʻi Business Protections

The dispute between two restaurants with the same name on the same block underscores a weakness in the state’s trademark system

ʻEwa Developer Settles Marina Case For $40 Million Cory Lum/Civil Beat

ʻEwa Developer Settles Marina Case For $40 Million

A 14-year legal battle over a disappeared marina in ʻEwa has finally ended

Is HECO’s Monopoly Over? New Law Could Change Power Market Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Is HECO’s Monopoly Over? New Law Could Change Power Market

The bill is expected to give Hawaiʻi ratepayers additional choices for purchasing electricity. Lawmakers hope it will also lower electric bills.

Jury Awards Sushi Chef $3.15 Million In Case Against Luxury Restaurant Owner Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Jury Awards Sushi Chef $3.15 Million In Case Against Luxury Restaurant Owner

Lawsuit alleged that the head chef of Ala Moana’s Margotto restaurant rained blows and slaps on his sous chef.

Machine To Turn Local Meat And Produce Into Fancy Food  Is Tangled In Red Tape David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Machine To Turn Local Meat And Produce Into Fancy Food Is Tangled In Red Tape

A machine meant to extend the shelf life of Hawaiʻi-grown products hasn’t been used in the year it’s been at the Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center.

Hawaiʻi Will Receive $700 Million From Drug Companies Under Settlement Wikimedia Commons

Hawaiʻi Will Receive $700 Million From Drug Companies Under Settlement

Gov. Josh Green said the money will help “weather the storm” of potential cuts from Washington, D.C.

Hawaiʻi Residents Could Face Electric Rate Hike In 2026 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Residents Could Face Electric Rate Hike In 2026

Energy advocates say HECO’s effort to increase rates sidesteps ratepayer protection law.

Honolulu’s Outdoor Dining Pilot Program Made Permanent Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Honolulu’s Outdoor Dining Pilot Program Made Permanent

This comes five years after the Covid-19 pandemic invigorated outdoor dining programs around the country.