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Lawsuit Seeks To Block Oahu Vacation Rental Law Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lawsuit Seeks To Block Oahu Vacation Rental Law

The complaint by legal short-term rental operators says the city is taking away their property rights.

Outgoing State Public Utilities Chief Reflects On His Tenure And Tough Decisions Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Outgoing State Public Utilities Chief Reflects On His Tenure And Tough Decisions

Jay Griffin dealt with several contentious issues, from interisland shipping rates to Hawaii’s renewable energy transition.

Housekeepers Struggle As US Hotels Ditch Daily Room Cleaning AP Photo/Ted S. Warren/2022

Housekeepers Struggle As US Hotels Ditch Daily Room Cleaning

Many hotel housekeepers say their hours have been cut and they are being asked to do far more work in that time.

How A Powerful Lawmaker Forced Through A Contentious Energy Bill Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

How A Powerful Lawmaker Forced Through A Contentious Energy Bill

When Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz’s pet legislation faced opposition from Rep. Nicole Lowen, he suddenly intervened with the power to make or break her bills.

How A Wellness Company Is Saving Sandalwood On The Big Island Courtesy: doTERRA

How A Wellness Company Is Saving Sandalwood On The Big Island

A former ranch in South Kona is being transformed from a grassland back to a native sandalwood forest by a Utah-based essential oils and aromatherapy company.

Lower Electric Bills Or More Jobs? Hawaii Grapples With A Green Economy Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lower Electric Bills Or More Jobs? Hawaii Grapples With A Green Economy

Lawmakers did an abrupt — and secretive — about-face as the session ended when they revamped a bill putting limits on some renewable energy sources.

Thousands Of Hawaiians Could Lose Phone And Internet Service Amid Bankruptcy Dispute PUC/Hawaiian Telcom/2022

Thousands Of Hawaiians Could Lose Phone And Internet Service Amid Bankruptcy Dispute

Sandwich Isles Communications has been changing locks, barricading doors and welding gates shut to keep out Hawaiian Telcom employees in a bitter feud over bankruptcy fallout.

Hawaiian Airlines Is Taking Off As Travel Restrictions Ease Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaiian Airlines Is Taking Off As Travel Restrictions Ease

After bleeding more than $4 million per day during the pandemic, the state’s dominant air carrier and linchpin of the tourism industry forecast a positive cash flow by summer.

Why More Apartment Buildings May Not Be The Answer To Oahu’s High Housing Costs Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2022

Why More Apartment Buildings May Not Be The Answer To Oahu’s High Housing Costs

A Canadian asset management company is stepping into a void with more than 1,000 apartments built or planned for Honolulu. But it’s tough to make it pencil out.

Hawaii Consumer Advocate Opposes Bioenergy Power Plant On Big Island Jason Armstrong/Civil Beat/2018

Hawaii Consumer Advocate Opposes Bioenergy Power Plant On Big Island

Critics say there are too many outstanding questions for the Public Utilities Commission to approve the Hu Honua project.