The Disappearing Affordable Condos of Honolulu

Escalating maintenance fees, shoebox condos, strict occupancy rules, and high mortgage rates make it increasingly difficult to buy and own property. Can this be turned around?
Hawaii Business Magazine, June 2026

Hawai‘i’s Economic Outlook 2026: Buckle Up

Construction is expected to be strong, driven in part by large infrastructure projects, but tourism is slipping and the safety net fraying.
Hawaii Business Magazine, January 2026

Hawai‘i’s Young Pragmatists Are Choosing the Trades

And many are probably making more money than you.
Hawaii Business Magazine, November 2025

Bad Jobs

Many Hawaiʻi workplaces are rigid, unwelcoming, or downright awful for women and caregivers. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Hawaii Business Magazine, October 2025

Lahaina Is Rising, Slowly

Two years after the fire, its core historic and commercial center is still in ruins. But residents are rebuilding their businesses, homes, and lives around the edges of town.
Hawaii Business Magazine, July 2025

Hawai‘i’s Public Schools Are National Leaders in Academic Recovery. Can They Keep Up the Momentum?

Here’s how three Title I schools are making improvements, including expanded assessments, tutoring, and after-school and summer learning.
Hawaii Business Magazine, May 2025

The Tiny Oilseed That Could Help Power Hawai‘i’s Energy Future

Some of the state’s biggest companies are working to turn a cover crop into renewable fuel for utilities, vehicles, and passenger planes.
Hawaii Business Magazine, January 2025

Navigating Hawai‘i’s Family-Leave Maze

Rules and policies can leave parents broke and jobless, or push them back to work long before they or their infants are ready. Can the system be fixed?
Hawaii Business Magazine, October 2024

Gen Z Is Shaking Up Hawai‘i’s Workplaces. Are You Ready?

Here’s what managers and Gen Zers say about generational stereotypes, and how to help young employees succeed.
Hawaii Business Magazine, June 2025

The Heat Is Rising in Honolulu. More Trees Will Help Cool It Off

Hawai‘i organizations were awarded $42.6 million in federal funds to expand the urban tree canopy. Some neighborhoods need it more than others.
Hawaii Business Magazine, April 2024

Honolulu Harbor Isn’t Ready for Climate Change

But the new Kapālama Container Terminal is the first step in an ambitious plan to create a more resilient port and cope with a rising ocean.
Hawaii Business Magazine, October 2023

Growing Up in an Age of Anxiety

Hawai‘i’s young people are struggling with mental health issues. Nearly half of high school girls and 60% of LGBTQ+ students experience depression. And help can be hard to find.
Hawaii Business Magazine, June 2023

Wildfires on the ‘Hawaiian Savanna’

Invasive grasses that burn hot and fast now cover a quarter of Hawai‘i’s land. As rain-drought cycles intensify their fuel loads and more fires ignite, experts fight back with new vigor and old tools.
Hawaii Business Magazine, November 2022
Reposted in August 2023 with the headline “Why Hawai‘i’s Wildfires Are Growing Bigger and More Intense” after wildfires destroyed Lahaina, Maui.

Hawai‘i’s Public Schools Are Battered But Working to Recover

Steady gains by students have eroded after two years of upheaval. Can teachers, principals, and $690 million in federal funding turn things around?
Hawaii Business Magazine, May 2022

How Will Urban Honolulu Deal with the Rising Ocean?

Eroding beaches, king tides and groundwater inundation are already impacting the urban core and it will only get much worse. Here’s what is being considered to limit the damage.
Hawaii Business Magazine, October 2021

The Next $1 Billion Industry?

Talent, training and financial incentives are driving a new era of filmmaking, TV and digital media production in the Islands. But a sunset date on those incentives, limited production space and spotty financing are holding it back. Here’s what insiders say needs to happen to cultivate a thriving industry that works for everyone.
Hawaii Business Magazine, July 2021

Help Still Wanted

Health care, education and law enforcement have struggled for years to hire and keep people. Some staffing shortages have reached crisis levels—and that was before Covid-19.
HONOLULU Magazine, November 2020

In Transition: Hawai‘i’s Transgender Teens

Finding yourself as a teenager is challenging. But for local trans teens growing into their identities, these years are critical. Here is how Hawai‘i is succeeding, and struggling, when it comes to supporting students in transition.
HONOLULU Magazine, June 2019

Global Perspectives

Wo International Center celebrates 25 years.
The Punahou Bulletin, Winter 2017