January 23, 2026
Hawaii’s largest young professionals mentorship program accepts applications through Jan. 31.
January 23, 2026
Sherry Menor, president and CEO of Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i, says for the Chamber’s 2030 Blueprint Legislative package, there are 22 bills and resolutions that are “being introduced to support the blueprint and to move our economy forward."
January 19, 2026
Construction is expected to be strong, driven in part by large infrastructure projects, but tourism is slipping and the safety net fraying.
January 19, 2026
Sixty young professionals like Jordan Odo got to meet nine young state legislators and City Council members Wednesday night to lobby for issues they believe in, especially the need to make Hawaii more affordable.
January 16, 2026
At just the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services, there are currently 250 openings out of a total of 1,200 positions, Roger Babcock, the department’s director, said last week at the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s Kamaaina Come Home networking event for engineering careers. Babcock said that includes 50 openings for engineers — half of the department’s total engineering jobs.
January 14, 2026
Register now for Chamber Weeks 2026 events Chamber Weeks 2026 launches with educational events connecting business leaders and lawmakers at the start of the Hawaii Legislature.
January 13, 2026
Mentor Hawaii, powered by American Savings Bank, pairs young professionals with top executives for one-on-one guidance, helping mentees grow professionally while mentors gain fresh perspectives. Applications are open with an early-bird deadline of January 17, 2026.
January 9, 2026
Since Hensel became president of UH in January 2025, she has been focused on integrating the 10 campuses, because when she started she realized there were so many systems that did not talk to each other – leading to a university-wide system that was “very rich in data and very poor in information and lessons that we can take out of that data,” Hensel said during her presentation as the keynote speaker at the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s Tech Career Pathways Summit in late October.