by Marketing & Communications | Feb 23, 2021 | Chamber News
Many of Hawaii’s retail shops and businesses are still clinging to hope of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected them for nearly a year now. Some threw in the towel, seeing no other option but to close, while some are shifting online and yet others are...
by Marketing & Communications | Feb 23, 2021 | Chamber News
A proposal to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour is moving forward at the state legislature. But is increasing the minimum wage a good idea for Hawaiʻi’s economic recovery? The last time the state passed a law increasing the minimum wage was in 2014, when it...
by Marketing & Communications | Feb 12, 2021 | Chamber News
HONOLULU – Each year, Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i recognizes three of Hawaii’s most distinguished leaders through its annual Women of Distinction event. This year’s theme centers around resilience, community and action. These honorees have taken exceptional steps to help...
by Marketing & Communications | Feb 8, 2021 | Chamber News
Hawaii lawmakers on Monday took a preliminary step toward increasing the minimum wage to $12 by July 2022. The Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee unanimously agreed to move forward with a measure to increase Hawaii’s minimum wage for the first time in four...
by Marketing & Communications | Feb 4, 2021 | Chamber News
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – Square Barrels’s revenue in 2020 plummeted 80% compared to the year before. The owners of the downtown eatery and pub sacrificed to save their company. “Both my business partner and I went off payroll, and then we got day jobs....
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