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How Small Businesses Are Breaking Into Hawaiʻi’s Big Tourism Markets Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

How Small Businesses Are Breaking Into Hawaiʻi’s Big Tourism Markets

Airlines and hotels can provide a lucrative market for Hawaiʻi entrepreneurs, but making inroads with large brands and scaling up production isn’t easy.

Use It Or Lose It? Kauaʻi Wants Robinson Resort Land Back To Agriculture Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Use It Or Lose It? Kauaʻi Wants Robinson Resort Land Back To Agriculture

Developers have failed to start construction on the 250-room project for the past two decades.

Parking Will Be Banned In Lanikai Loop To End Beachgoer Gridlock Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Parking Will Be Banned In Lanikai Loop To End Beachgoer Gridlock

The city’s plan to quell Lanikai’s traffic nightmare involves no parking on the main loop and more bike racks and buses.

Here’s Why Honolulu Doesn’t Enforce Law Against Short-Term Rental Companies Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Here’s Why Honolulu Doesn’t Enforce Law Against Short-Term Rental Companies

Platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo were supposed to give the city monthly reports on their bookings. Due to a lawsuit filed on behalf of vacation rental owners, that never happened.

Governor: I’ll Be ‘Agnostic’ On How Hawaiʻi Spends Its New Green Fee David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Governor: I’ll Be ‘Agnostic’ On How Hawaiʻi Spends Its New Green Fee

At the latest Civil Cafe, the governor weighed in on where we go from here with the country’s first-ever green fee, devoted to climate change and the environment.

Hawai’i Has A ‘Blue’ Fee. What Can It Tell Us About The New Green Fee? Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025

Hawai’i Has A ‘Blue’ Fee. What Can It Tell Us About The New Green Fee?

The ocean stewardship fee aims to offset impacts of marine tourists. Unlike the green fee, its dollars go into a special fund.

Low-Flying Helicopter Caused Paraglider Crash At Makapu’u, Lawsuit Claims Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Low-Flying Helicopter Caused Paraglider Crash At Makapu’u, Lawsuit Claims

A paraglider pilot injured in a 2023 accident is suing an Oʻahu air tour company for negligence.

Inside The ‘Out-Of-Control’ Debate Over Axing Maui Vacation Rentals Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2025

Inside The ‘Out-Of-Control’ Debate Over Axing Maui Vacation Rentals

The Maui County Council plans to start deliberations next week on legislation aimed at converting thousands of short-term rentals into affordable housing.

Mismanagement Claims: State Tourism Officials Grilled By Lawmakers Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Mismanagement Claims: State Tourism Officials Grilled By Lawmakers

The acting chief executive of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority spent Monday facing hard questions from lawmakers. The governor says he will ask for the entire HTA board to resign.

Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop Courtesy: Friends of Haiku Stairs

Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop

The State Historic Preservation Division hasn’t adequately explained why it now supports the stairs’ removal, the suit says.