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Creative Lab Hawaii Music Immersive (CLHMI) Artists Place Music on ABC’s “The Company You Keep,” Airing this Sunday on ABC
Two Hawaii co-writers from Creative Lab’s Music Immersive February 2023 cohort have landed an original music sync licensing placement in the ABC series “The Company You Keep.”
Creative Lab Hawaii Music Immersive (CLHMI) Artists Place Music on ABC’s “The Company You Keep,” Airing this Sunday on ABCHawaii’s February Unemployment Rate at 3.6 Percent
DBEDT today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 3.6 percent, the same as in January.
Hawaii’s February Unemployment Rate at 3.6 PercentMade in Hawaii Branding Workshop on March 29
DBEDT announced today that the first-ever Made in Hawaii Branding Workshop will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center on Wednesday, March 29.
Made in Hawaii Branding Workshop on March 29Hawaii State Broadband Coordinator Recognized with Two Prestigious Awards
State Broadband Coordinator of the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office, Burt Lum, was recently recognized with two awards for his important work championing digital equity in the state of Hawaii.
Hawaii State Broadband Coordinator Recognized with Two Prestigious AwardsHawaii’s January Unemployment Rate at 3.6 Percent
DBEDT today announced that the monthly labor statistics including labor force, employment, unemployment, and unemployment rate have been revised from January 2010 to December 2022 and job count by industry has been revised from January 1990 to December 2022 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hawaii’s January Unemployment Rate at 3.6 PercentState Continues to Forecast a Better Hawaii Economy than the Nation in 2023
DBEDT released its first quarter 2023 Statistical and Economic Report today. DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2023 and 2024 at 1.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively, unchanged from the projections made in the previous quarter.
State Continues to Forecast a Better Hawaii Economy than the Nation in 2023Visitor Industry Continued Recovery in January 2023
According to preliminary visitor statistics released by DBEDT, a total of 791,781 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in January 2023, up 37.9 percent from January 2022.
Visitor Industry Continued Recovery in January 2023December 2022 Total Visitor Count 91.5 Percent of the 2019 Level
Read More Entries from NewsAccording to preliminary visitor statistics released by DBEDT, a total of 871,870 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in December 2022, representing a 91.5 percent recovery from the same month in 2019.
December 2022 Total Visitor Count 91.5 Percent of the 2019 Level
Chris J. Sadayasu, Director
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