The high cost of living in the islands is changing the meaning of “looks like a million bucks.”

The Minority Caucus is pushing a package of bills that involves hotel tax money, renewable energy and more.

The cost of living, especially housing, has convinced a Honolulu couple to spend their golden years on the mainland. Others will follow.

Manufactured housing communities can help bring down our cost of living, but stereotypes, land costs, regulations and a lack of will have conspired to block them.

As rents have skyrocketed, a state tax credit to help low-income people has been stuck at $50 per dependent for nearly 35 years. Now, some want to boost the credit and extend it to the middle class.

A key driver of our cost of living is the high price of land. A collision of interests and actions push its value upward.

There’s little that’s more American than hitting the road — and it’s become a way for people to reduce their cost of living.

On islands where real estate is so precious, how small do we need to think to bring down the cost of living?

Many factors conspiring to create Hawaii’s housing crisis inspired the implementation of rent stabilization elsewhere. Could rent control help with our high cost of living?

Islanders pay far more on average than in any other state to live in rentals — and that’s just the beginning.