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The Cost Of Failure To Contain The Virus? Massive Layoffs

The Cost Of Failure To Contain The Virus? Massive Layoffs

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.

Kauai Businesses Are ‘Hanging On By A Thread’ Without Tourists Flickr: Marc Tarlock

Kauai Businesses Are ‘Hanging On By A Thread’ Without Tourists

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.

Grief And Desperate Hope As Small Businesses Brace For Second Shutdown Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Grief And Desperate Hope As Small Businesses Brace For Second Shutdown

On the last day before many workers lose their jobs — again — they struggle to understand and cope with what the loss will mean this time.

House COVID-19 Committee: We Need More Info From Health Department Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

House COVID-19 Committee: We Need More Info From Health Department

House Speaker Scott Saiki says he is concerned that the state Department of Health is refusing to release the kind of information people need to make good decisions.

Oahu Bars To Close For Three Weeks Starting Friday Flickr: Rick

Oahu Bars To Close For Three Weeks Starting Friday

After closing down two Chinatown bars for violations, the city is ordering the shutdown of all bars.

Our Struggling Economy: The First ‘Cliff’ Is Almost Here And A Second One Is Looming Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

Our Struggling Economy: The First ‘Cliff’ Is Almost Here And A Second One Is Looming

Billions in federal relief dollars run out this week while community and political leaders work to soften a second possibly worse blow at the end of the year.

How This Special Legislative Committee Has Worked To Keep Hawaii’s Economy Afloat Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

How This Special Legislative Committee Has Worked To Keep Hawaii’s Economy Afloat

The House COVID-19 committee has drawn on the expertise and clout of its members to work behind the scenes and help the Ige administration work through the state’s biggest challenges.

Shuttered Churches, Temples Got Millions From Feds Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Shuttered Churches, Temples Got Millions From Feds

A federal program designed to help small businesses also helped bail out hundreds of churches and other religious organizations that were largely shut down amidst stay-at-home orders.

Kauai Food Businesses Persist During Pandemic Thanks To Grant Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai Food Businesses Persist During Pandemic Thanks To Grant

With money from Common Ground, two companies are finding ways to scale up and pivot away from tourism despite COVID-19.

Trump Hotel In Waikiki Received Millions From Small Business Bailout Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trump Hotel In Waikiki Received Millions From Small Business Bailout

While President Donald Trump doesn鈥檛 own the property, he does license his name to the California company that does.