What will be the only Jack in the Box restaurant on Hawaii's island of Kauai is on track to open by mid-July, and employee training for the store is already underway, a representative from the Honolulu-based franchise owner told PBN on Friday.
"Jack in the Box is dedicated to making a difference in the Kauai communities in which our employees and guests work and live," Donna Yano, the vice president of Blue Pacific Management, LLC, told PBN in an email. "The new restaurant will offer high-quality…
While many celebrated the Supreme Court's recognition Friday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, businesses are likely to find themselves on the front lines the next time the high court grapples with LGBT equality — probably far sooner than many expect.
The court's decision to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states will raise visibility of the discrimination against LGBT people that remains perfectly legal in many parts of the country when it comes to employment and public accommodations.
The…
Just in time for San Francisco's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride celebration this weekend, Madame Tussauds San Francisco outpost unveiled its first ever transgender figure, modeled after actress and producer Laverne Cox.
Cox, who is known for her role in the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" and has won Emmy awards as an actress and producer, attended the unveiling of the figure at the wax museum's spot in Fisherman's Wharf. During the press conference, the SF Pride committee honored…
Terrance Carroll, Mark Ferrandino and Frank McNulty had different styles as speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives, but they all agree on one very important thing right now: None has any plan to run for office again in the near future.
“I don’t even like going back near the Capitol,” said Carroll, an associate general counsel for SCL Health who has been out of office since 2010 and seems to have distanced himself even more from politics than his two colleagues, who were term-limited…
A divided Supreme Court ruled this week in a Dallas case that housing discrimination need not be intentional in order to be illegal.
The high court ruled 5-4 that legal objections to lending, zoning, sales and rental practices only need to show that they had a disparate affect on African Americans or other minorities.
The case, called Texas Department of Housing v. Inclusive Communities Project, involved a decision by Dallas officials to make most federal low-income housing vouchers available in…
After having to vacate its landmark spot in Waikiki, the Nashville Waikiki bar will attempt to regain its foothold in Aloha Tower Marketplace once it reopens in September, an owner of the country bar says.
"We have people calling us every day asking us when we're going to open because we have a very loyal following," Sandy Miano told PBN. "We have a large military following, and I'm sure that anyone who likes country music is going to be coming to Aloha Tower Marketplace — I think we're going…
New York’s iStar Financial, which acquired more than 200 residential condominium units at the Ilikai Hotel in Waikiki through foreclosure more than five year ago, has settled a lawsuit with two individual owners of units at the condo-hotel, the head of the firm’s Hawaii regional office said.
The lawsuit, which was filed in February 2013 against iStar and the Ilikai Association of Apartment Owners over the way iStar was marketing its units at the condo-hotel, was settled in March, according to…
