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 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.
January 9, 2026
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.
December 18, 2025
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.
December 13, 2025
The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii is now accepting applications for 2025 Public Health Fund (PHF) grants.
December 8, 2025
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.