A Multitude of Career Fairs in Manoa. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Alan Ito. Alan Ito, Educational Director at UH Systems, will help us understand the various Career Fairs at UH this Spring. The career fairs attract prospective employers and target students in the tech fields of study such […]
3.5 Billion Surplus Vaporized (Talking Tax)
Time to Cut Taxes. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Leonard. The guest is Daniel J. Mitchell. Hawaii’s state budget is in a precarious position. It’s a startling reversal of where we were at the beginning of the year. Now, a sluggish economy has caused a large projected revenue surplus to […]
Affordable Housing – Are we Moving Fast Enough (Community Matters)
What the State Needs to Do to Meet the Crisis. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Stanley Chang. Senator Stanley Chang, a champion of affordable housing solutions in the Hawaii State Senate, helps us understand the dimensions of the problem, what has been done about it, what initiatives he is […]
It’s the Economy, Mooooo (Talking Tax)
To Get Milk You Still Have to Feed the Cow. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. On June 6, the financial site WalletHub put out a study called “2022’s Best and Worst State Economies.” In that site, our humble little state had lots of reasons to be humble, coming in […]
Voter View: Hawaii’s Pandemic Comeback (The State of the State of Hawaii)
Aloha on for 10 Million Yearly Visitors. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guest is Colin Moore. Guest Dr. Colin Moore, Director of the University of Hawaii Public Policy Center, revisits his 2021 survey findings from Hawaii residents on the Islands’ post pandemic economic comeback in light of recent survey data on […]
Covid Uncertainty Delays Hawaii’s Economy (Community Matters)
Let’s Take a Look at the Numbers. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Eugene Tian. The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released its third quarter 2021 Statistical and Economic Report today. DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 2.7 percent, down from the 3.5 percent […]
Hawai’i’s Brain Drain (Policy for the People)
Can we reverse the trend?. The host for this episode is Minara Mordecai. The guests for this episode are Rina Nagashima and Cameron Deptula. What does it take for Hawai’i’s bright young talent to become the State’s future leaders? For the inaugural show, we are joined by Rina Nagashima and Cameron Deptula, both aspiring policymakers […]
Solar events in the 2021 Legislature (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Marco Mangelsdorf. Marco Mangelsdorf helps us understand Solar events taking place, or not, in the 2021 Legislature and do these events serve the public? We discuss bills relating to the solar and storage tax credits and other energy bills introduced and/or […]
How Covid has affected Retail in Hawaii (Community Matters)
Many shops have gone out of business. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Stephany Sofos. Stephany Sofos helps us understand how Covid has affected Retail in Hawaii and how many retailers have gone out of business. We discuss the linkage between retail and covid; the linkage between […]
Rebuilding the economy with agriculture (Community Matters)
What should we should be doing. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Matt Johnson. Matt Johnson will help us understand Rebuilding the economy with agriculture and What should we be doing. We will discuss the status of diversified agriculture in Hawaii, during covid, after covid, and in […]