Civil Beat Categories

Business

Showing 10 of 487 results.
SLIDESHOW: Where Producing Rum Is A Farm-To-Bottle Operation Ronen Zilberman

SLIDESHOW: Where Producing Rum Is A Farm-To-Bottle Operation

The Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum Distillery on Oahu uses pure cane sugar harvested on site.

Airbnb Crackdown Does Not Deter Oahu Visitors Screenshot

Airbnb Crackdown Does Not Deter Oahu Visitors

More visitors came to Hawaii in September, but visitor spending dropped.

Connecting Local Kids To Well-Paying Jobs In Hawaii Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

Connecting Local Kids To Well-Paying Jobs In Hawaii

Education and business leaders recently came together to brainstorm how to fill companies’ needs with young people trained in Hawaii.

Conflicts, Antitrust Questions Raised Regarding Maui Solar Farm Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Conflicts, Antitrust Questions Raised Regarding Maui Solar Farm

Utilities and others are concerned that the same lawyers are representing multiple parties in a competitive bidding process.

Hawaii’s Green Energy Projects Search For Ways To Navigate Community Opposition Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Green Energy Projects Search For Ways To Navigate Community Opposition

A number of new solar and wind projects are needed on Oahu to replace the last coal-fired plant, which is scheduled to close in 2022.

Why Hawaii Still Has So Few Electric Cars Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Why Hawaii Still Has So Few Electric Cars

Only about 1% of cars here are electric vehicles. Advocates say boosting that number requires mandating builders install charging stations at new developments.

$88 Billion: A New Price Tag For Fixing Hawaii’s Infrastructure And Retirement Systems Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

$88 Billion: A New Price Tag For Fixing Hawaii’s Infrastructure And Retirement Systems

A new report from the Hawaii Executive Conference details the state’s worsening financial problems, but it doesn’t offer any solutions.

Kauai: Island’s Biggest Credit Union Grows Bigger In Effort To Remain Independent Allan Parachini

Kauai: Island’s Biggest Credit Union Grows Bigger In Effort To Remain Independent

Gather Federal Credit Union’s CEO estimates the number of credit unions in Hawaii has shrunk from nearly 100 to slightly more than 50 in the last decade.

Honolulu Council OKs Requiring Union Labor For City Projects Over $2 Million Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Honolulu Council OKs Requiring Union Labor For City Projects Over $2 Million

The measure has been forcefully opposed by non-union contractors.

Hawaii Coffee Farmers: State Policy Is Putting Crops At Risk Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat

Hawaii Coffee Farmers: State Policy Is Putting Crops At Risk

Growers want Hawaii to adopt a strict federal policy designed to protect Hawaii coffee from invasive species.