In 1970, the price of paradise was already too high. As reported in the February issue of Hawaii Business Magazine that year, the U.S. Labor Department said a family of four in Honolulu needed to earn ...

The Admission Act – signed into law on March 18, 1959, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower – dissolved the Territory of Hawai‘i and established America’s 50th state. Statehood took effect on Aug. 21, ...

Hawai‘i Business Magazine is proud to present Emerging Legal Stars 2025, recognizing the next generation of attorneys making an impact in Hawai‘i’s legal community. This special feature, publishing in ...

A look at the policy decisions, external crises and social changes that gave Hawai‘i the most expensive housing in the nation ...

World-renowned appraiser Gerald Kwock transforms a lifetime of collecting into unending opportunities for local students.

Once a destination for the rich and adventurous, the advent of commercial jets in the 1950s made the Islands affordable to ...

Ethel and Joe Murphy came to Hawai‘i in 1952 so Joe could sell vacuum cleaners. By 1955, they founded the first and oldest ...

From Chinn Ho to David Murdock, here are the men and occasional women selected as the year’s most influential leaders.

From Chinn Ho to David Murdock, here are the men and occasional women selected as the year’s most influential leaders.