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Can An Algae Supplement Turn Around A Struggling Hawaii Startup? Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat

Can An Algae Supplement Turn Around A Struggling Hawaii Startup?

Cardax, after burning through nearly $58 million, is finally making money and trying to expand sales on the mainland.

Here鈥檚 How Much Hawaii CEOs Make Compared To Their Employees Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Here鈥檚 How Much Hawaii CEOs Make Compared To Their Employees

The gap between CEO pay and the median salaries of their employees for Hawaii’s publicly-traded companies is narrower than nationwide.

Will There Be Enough Workers For Hawaii’s Hot Economy? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Will There Be Enough Workers For Hawaii’s Hot Economy?

Low unemployment, a stagnant population and out-of-sight living costs create major recruiting challenges.

Meet The Punk Rock Roller Skating Cheesecake Maker From Kaimuki Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat

Meet The Punk Rock Roller Skating Cheesecake Maker From Kaimuki

And he annoyed Chinatown gangs so much he had to move. It’s all in the film.

Hawaii’s Low Unemployment Rate Masks Underlying Problems Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Low Unemployment Rate Masks Underlying Problems

In a state with a jobless rate of 2.1 percent, island residents have work if they want it. But their incomes often don’t pay the bills.

Will Creating More Jobs In Kapolei Ease Traffic Congestion? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Will Creating More Jobs In Kapolei Ease Traffic Congestion?

A bill in the Legislature would offer tax incentives to businesses that open in Oahu’s “second city.”

Are Hawaii Industries At Risk If A Trade War Breaks Out? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Are Hawaii Industries At Risk If A Trade War Breaks Out?

The islands make more from exported scrap metals than from聽coffee, cocoa, macadamia nuts and papaya combined.

Don’t Count On A Minimum Wage Hike This Session Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Don’t Count On A Minimum Wage Hike This Session

The Senate wants an analysis. The House wants to give employers the option of increasing pay or offering paid sick leave.

Neal Milner: Why Hawaii Needs To Be More Like Kansas City Kevin Harber/Flickr.com

Neal Milner: Why Hawaii Needs To Be More Like Kansas City

Enough with the can’t-do criticism of how we run things in the islands. It’s time to adopted goals and strategies we agree on.

Hawaii’s Resistance To Trump Enters Cyberspace Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Resistance To Trump Enters Cyberspace

A bill to encourage net neutrality envisions the possibility of a taxpayer-owned internet service provider.