Bills that have sailed through the Legislature so far would boost taxes on the wealthy to pay for tax breaks for low-income families.

Renters in Hawaii are continuing to pay more than anywhere else in the country for their living spaces, according to new Census data.

Unemployed college graduates, Hawaii wants you! The islands need you! And they’ll pay a lot for you! Or so the viral story goes — and goes.

Unemployment is very low but that hasn’t worked out to more money in workers’ pockets.

The savvy little food chain may no longer be the most popular market on the mainland, but it could be in the islands.

Hawaii is in the top third nationally in financial savvy, but we lead the nation in the percentage of people who overspend.

Residents’ paychecks may imply they’re middle class, but many endure cost-of-living pressures commonly associated with poverty.

It may seem counterintuitive, but our low property tax rates in the islands add to our high cost of living.

The cost of living weighs so heavily on schoolteachers that many fear they will never get ahead if they stay here.

The newspaper looked at homes for under $1 million in three real estate markets. In Honolulu, buyers pay more and get less, but benefit from really low property tax rates.