Hawaii Business Magazine: Hawai‘i’s Economic Outlook 2026
Construction is expected to be strong, driven in part by large infrastructure projects, but tourism is slipping and the safety net fraying.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Young professionals express concerns with state legislators
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.
Pacific Business News: Building the Bench: How Hawaii businesses can nurture, advance and retain talent
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.
Pacific Business News: University of Hawaii to launch fully online degree programs as part of AI integration push
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.
Care Summit
Hawai‘i’s minimum wage is set to increase to $16 per hour on Jan. 1, up from $14, a 14.3% increase. This is the third step in a series of planned increases that will ultimately bring the minimum wage to $18 in two years.
Aloha State Daily: Hawai‘i’s minimum wage to increase on Jan. 1
Hawai‘i’s minimum wage is set to increase to $16 per hour on Jan. 1, up from $14, a 14.3% increase. This is the third step in a series of planned increases that will ultimately bring the minimum wage to $18 in two years.
Hawaii News Now: Public Health Grant applications now open to support community wellness programs
The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii is now accepting applications for 2025 Public Health Fund (PHF) grants.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Hiring slowing as costs, minimum wage increase
But a majority of members of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii — or 55% — reported in an October survey that they had already seen an increase of at least 7% in operating costs.
KHON2 News: Support ‘the fabric of our community’ this Small Business Saturday
Sherry Menor, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, said that patronizing small businesses makes a large impact on the local community.
Island Scene: free store builds community connections
The Free Store has been a team effort with help from partners including the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Atherton Family Foundation, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee), and the Chinese Christian Association to name a few.