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The Covid economy has hurt businesses across the state. But some entrepreneurs are still out there, taking chances on starting something new. Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier has more.

For consumers, higher gasoline prices are one element of an inflationary mix they’ve encountered as the economy recovers from the pandemic. Rising prices for commodities and materials have also boosted prices for such items as lumber, diapers and meat and poultry. The bad news: Gas prices could go higher this summer before heading lower.

Summer's coming and hurricane season is ahead. In just a few years, people have become more aware of heat, flooding, fires and other growing effects of…

Hawaii's Council on Revenues on Tuesday sharply increased its tax revenue forecast for the state to reflect rebounding spending by residents and a growing…

A new initiative aims to grow the connections among local government, industry and the Department of Defense. One of the goals: diversifying Hawaii’s…

The state of Hawai‘i's economy with Paul Brewbaker; Reality Check with Civil Beat: Latest Developments From the State LegislatureThe state of Hawai‘i's…

Hawai?i legislators are one step closer to dissolving the state’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). The 27-year-old entity was initially created…

Updated 2/23/21, 9:15 a.m.WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy's ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that…

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday underscored the Fed's commitment to reducing unemployment to multi-decade lows, where it…

Updated 2/9/21, 12 p.m.The pandemic has been difficult for many local restaurants, but one restaurateur keeps fighting in the same spirit as his…