Hawaii’s cost of living convinced a Honolulu family to go prospecting for a new life in Texas. “We realized staying is stupid,” says Nora Yolles-Young.

People in Hawaii love to talk about the cost of living here. We want to keep that conversation going and hopefully figure out how to do something about it.

We’re extending our virtual civic square by building communities on Facebook. Everyone’s invited.

Data on consumer spending patterns hasn’t been collected since 2005.

Giving birth on the islands is relatively cheap, but the high cost of goods and services makes raising a child here an expensive proposition.

In this first weekly podcast, host Chad Blair and other Civil Beat reporters discuss the high cost of living in Hawaii.

Long-distance shipping affects the cost of many goods in Hawaii, but that’s not the case for our vehicles.