Economy

Online sports betting will not be legalized this legislative session. Lawmakers decided to defer the measure Friday afternoon. The bill would have allowed online sports betting and taxed it at a 10% rate.

Although House lawmakers passed a resolution to study legalizing gambling in Hawaiʻi, another measure that legalizes sports betting is still being considered. The bill would legalize online sports betting and tax it at a 10% rate. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.

Tariffs are now beginning to take their toll on the fashion industry. This comes as many Hawaiʻi designers are front and center at the Merrie Monarch arts and crafts fair. The Conversation talked to Georja Skinner of the state's Creative Industries Division about the uncertainty around higher prices.

Tariffs are impacting the local floral industry and popular Hawaiʻi fashion brands; A flock of endangered kingfishers has been introduced to Palmyra Atoll

A new report details a path forward towards Maui's economic recovery after the wildfires. The report outlines six pathways and 11 priority projects through partnerships with county, state and federal agencies.

The Conversation's DW Gibson spoke with Matthew Loke, administrator of the state’s Agricultural Development Division, about the forces behind increased egg prices.

Maxx Phillips of the Center for Biological Diversity discusses President Donald Trump's executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument; Matthew Loke, administrator of the state Agricultural Development Division, on increasing egg prices and significant price changes at the grocery store as tariffs take effect

We thought we'd check in to see how the headlines have been affecting your lives and your budgets, and what better way to do that than at the grocery store? In this ongoing series, HPR plans to go to various grocery stores and learn more about what people are seeing amid Trump's tariff hikes.

As the Trump administration attempts to reshape the federal workforce, the head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, Randy Perreira, gives insight into the direct impacts on labor unions.

Melissa Pavlicek, the executive director of the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association, discusses how Trump's proposed tariffs could skew sales for the rest of the year, depending on what parts get taxed and whether the automakers have U.S. plants.