Airlines Predict A Long Slow Recovery Even As Tourism Returns
Monday, October 12Will Hawaii Finally Be Able To Break Its Dependence On Tourism?
Monday, October 5Report: Tenants And Landlords Alike Are Struggling
Panel: We Need Solid Data To Predict Hawaii’s Economic Future
Tuesday, September 15Can Military Spending Prop Up Hawaii’s Faltering Economy?
Monday, September 14Economist: Hawaii’s Economic Fall Will Be Worse Than Predicted
Wednesday, September 2The Cost Of Failure To Contain The Virus? Massive Layoffs
Kauai Businesses Are ‘Hanging On By A Thread’ Without Tourists
Friday, August 28Women Were Already Struggling At Work. The Pandemic Is Making It Worse
Thursday, August 27Grief And Desperate Hope As Small Businesses Brace For Second Shutdown
Sunday, August 23The Tremendous Cost Of Feeding The Hungry In Hawaii
Wednesday, August 19Is COVID-19 Spreading Because People Have Gotten Tired Of Restrictions?
Thursday, August 13People In Hawaii Are Struggling. The Nonprofits That Help Them Are Too
Monday, August 10The State Has A Plan For When To Reopen Or Reclose. Why Aren’t We Following It?
Our Struggling Economy: The First ‘Cliff’ Is Almost Here And A Second One Is Looming
Wednesday, July 15How This Special Legislative Committee Has Worked To Keep Hawaii’s Economy Afloat
Monday, July 13Shuttered Churches, Temples Got Millions From Feds
Hawaii Economic Chief: Tourism Is ‘Who We Are’ And Must Be Rebuilt
Monday, June 15Hawaii Economy Faces ‘A Long Slow Road Back’
Sunday, June 14Big Island Officials Are Frustrated That Opportunity Zones Haven’t Drawn New Investment
Saturday, June 6Hawaii’s Wedding Business Has Been ‘Completely Demolished’
The Pandemic Ignites A Bike Boom In Honolulu
Tuesday, May 12Hawaii’s Struggling Farms Want The State To Become A Bigger Customer
Hawaii Businesses Affected By COVID-19 Could Face Tough Fights With Insurers
Monday, April 6Hawaii Banks Start Rolling Out Relief To Small Firms
Will Feds’ Relief Package Be Enough To Keep Hawaii’s Small Businesses Afloat?
Wednesday, March 11Jobs In Hawaii: The Future Looks A Lot Like The Past
Tuesday, March 10Lawmakers Want To Subsidize Big Rate Increases By Hawaii’s Only Interisland Shipper
Wednesday, March 4Hawaii’s Largest Private College Is Fighting For Its Future
Hawaii Lawmakers Are Showing A Little Love For Kona Coffee
Report: Two-Thirds of Hawaii Residents Struggle Financially
Tuesday, January 7Vacation Rentals Are Still Thriving In Kailua
Monday, January 6Cyber Spies Are Quietly Boosting Hawaii’s High Tech Economy
Economists: High Living Costs Continue Driving Hawaii Residents Away
Energy Giant AES Has A Big — And Growing — Footprint In Hawaii
Friday, November 15Report: Hawaii’s Economic Growth Is The Lowest In The Nation
Tuesday, November 5Hawaii Gas Faces Uncertain Future In State’s Renewable Energy Push
Conflicts, Antitrust Questions Raised Regarding Maui Solar Farm
Thursday, October 17Hawaii’s Green Energy Projects Search For Ways To Navigate Community Opposition
Wednesday, October 16Why Hawaii Still Has So Few Electric Cars
Thursday, October 3How ‘Green Fees’ Might Offset The Hidden Costs Of Tourism In Hawaii
Why No One Knows How Many Green Energy Jobs Exist In Hawaii
Tuesday, September 10Will Hawaii Electric Customers Ever Save Money With Renewable Energy?
Air Travel’s Carbon Footprint Takes A Big Environmental Toll In Hawaii
Thursday, August 22Can This New Hawaii Venture Become The Stock Fund For Millennials?
How These Travel Hotspots Are Trying To Make Tourism Pay Its Own Way
Wednesday, July 17Hawaii Struggles To Maintain Its Worn-Out Hiking Trails
Thursday, July 11How Kailua Became A Tourist Town
Wednesday, July 109 Charts That Show How Hawaii Tourism Is Changing
10 Million Visitors: Can Hawaii Survive Its Own Popularity?
Tuesday, July 2Selling Students On A Future Career, Not Just A Degree
Hawaii Has The Lowest Health Care Costs, Thanks To Strong State Laws
Friday, June 14No One Knows How Many Homes Are Sitting Empty Despite Housing Shortage
Monday, June 10Kakaako’s Empty Condos: ‘At Night, It’s A Ghost Town Down Here’
Monday, June 3Hawaiian Electric’s Ambitious Plan To Quit Using Coal Is A ‘Moon Mission’
Can These Unlikely Partners Help Diversify Hawaii’s Economy?
Monday, May 6Wanted: People Who Can Make Useful Sense Of Vast Amounts Of Data
Will One Of These Fledgling Companies Be Hawaii’s Next Big Brand?
Friday, April 19Can A Sustainable Industry Be Built From An Invasive Species?
Tuesday, April 16The High Price Of Luring The Movies To Hawaii
Thursday, April 4Hawaii’s Population Decline Signals Future Economic Challenges
Tuesday, April 2Beyond Hotels And Beaches: Can Hawaii Really Diversify Its Economy?
Civil Beat Wants To Find Out Where Hawaii’s Economy Is Headed
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Airline executives say they see much smaller operations well into next summer.
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The state is about to reopen its tourism industry, the heart of Hawaii’s economic engine. Is it time to find another way forward?
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A new report from the University of Hawaii suggests Hawaii’s stock of rental housing may shrink as the economy languishes.
Economists say it’s tough to help decision-makers guide economic recovery without consistent information from government and other sources.
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As tourism crumbles and tensions escalate between the U.S. and China, the military’s economic role in the islands could become more prominent.
Researchers are starting to get more data on just how the extended closure of Hawaii’s tourism industry has impacted the economy.
With no end in sight to the shutdown of tourism, dozens of companies have filed letters with labor officials outlining job cuts and extended furloughs.
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The alarming number of businesses facing closure in the next six months should be a warning sign to state leaders, says the head of the Kauai Chamber of Commerce.
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Women are filing for unemployment and losing their businesses at higher rates than men.
