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.

When Duke Aiona campaigned for governor against the state’s high cost of living, he was speaking from personal experience.

Cars, fancy phones, private schools: We make choices that add a great deal to our cost of living and undermine our future.

The popular affordable-food chain seems like a no-brainer for Hawaii and our high cost of living.

The cost of living and our declining work environment are undermining the state’s sense of well-being.

Somewhere under the rainbow, we’re asking what you think Hawaii’s “middle class” needs to make ends meet in America’s most expensive state.