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Travelers spent $1.6 billion last month, and the number of visitors climbed almost 7 percent to more than 890,000.

“That’s going to break the back of the industry?” one senator asks opponents of a plan to help bail out the Honolulu rail project.

The coalition worries that service could falter as Sandwich Isles Communications tries to recover from former owner’s fraud case.

How HECO plans to replace that electricity for Oahu customers is still unknown but Hawaii’s last coal-fired power plant intends to shut down in just five years.

Competition could spark a price war, but experts question whether Hawaii can support a third container fleet long term.

The state labor director calls it a “perfect storm” as restaurateurs and retailers struggle to recruit — and keep — employees.

The project raises questions about whether the Hawaii Technology Development Corp. is stepping away from its mission and legislative mandate.

The company says the deal with Cincinnati Bell won’t lead to the layoff of any of the company’s 1,300 employees in Hawaii.

But as one tech industry leader said: “We’re not at the bottom.”

The feds seized equipment ordered from China by a Hilo dietary supplement company, and the owner is being kept in the dark.