January 2019
Monday, January 14HI-Priced Q&A: Commuting, Paying For Preschool And Digging Out Of Debt
Monday, January 7Veggies Really Are Cheaper In Chinatown — If You Know How To Shop
December 2018
Wednesday, December 26How Having A Baby Changed This Couple’s View On Cost Of Living
Thursday, December 6Commuting Oahu: ‘It Takes Your Time And It Gives You Back Stress’
Monday, December 3How A Couple From Iowa Makes Ends Meet In Ewa Beach
November 2018
Friday, November 16Looking To Singapore For Answers To Honolulu’s Housing Crisis
Thursday, November 15We’re Exploring Hawaii’s ‘Unofficial Tax’
Living On $70,000 In Kaneohe
10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’
April 2016
Tuesday, April 26Living Hawaii: The Pipe Dream Of Teaching In Paradise Goes Global
Monday, April 25Living Hawaii: Why Our Salaries Aren’t Rising Faster
Wednesday, April 13Living Hawaii: Do We Need A $15 Minimum Wage?
March 2016
Thursday, March 31Living Hawaii: In The Islands, Does ‘Middle Class’ Mean Poor?
Monday, March 21Living Hawaii: Our Surprising Property Tax Poison
Wednesday, March 16Living Hawaii: How Much Are You Saving On Gas and Electricity?
February 2016
Tuesday, February 2Living Hawaii: Can You Afford To Be A Teacher In The Islands?
January 2016
Tuesday, January 19Living Hawaii: What Is Sapping The Energy Of Our Farmers?
Monday, January 11Living Hawaii: New Studies Show The Price Of Paradise Is Still Defeating Us
December 2015
Thursday, December 24Living Hawaii: Did Houston Have A Solution?
Friday, December 18Living Hawaii: Is Cheap Oil NextEra’s Enemy?
November 2015
Wednesday, November 25Living Hawaii: Kauai’s Search For Cheaper Electricity
Friday, November 20Living Hawaii: Two-Thirds Of An Electricity Price Revolution?
Tuesday, November 17Living Hawaii: Rooftop Solar Boosts Home Values
Friday, November 13Living Hawaii: It’s The Land That Really Drives Up Honolulu’s Home Prices
Monday, November 9Living Hawaii: So You Say You Want To End The Housing Crisis?
Monday, November 2Living Hawaii: Gov David Ige Talks About The State’s Energy Future
October 2015
Thursday, October 29Living Hawaii: Henk Rogers And His Quest For Energy Independence
Monday, October 26Living Hawaii: Why Is Hawaiian Electric Ready To Cash Out?
Monday, October 19Living Hawaii: Does Hawaiian Electric Need to Be More Like Uber?
Monday, October 12Living Hawaii: Can We End Our Oil Addiction With the Help of Electric Cars, Buses and Rail?
Monday, October 5Living Hawaii: HECO President Says Cheap Electricity Is a Pipe Dream in Hawaii
September 2015
Tuesday, September 22Living Hawaii: Survey Finds Honolulu One of the World’s Costliest Cities
Thursday, September 17Living Hawaii: Electric Rebellion
Thursday, September 10Living Hawaii: Why We Need a Low-Cost Road to Renewable Energy
Tuesday, September 8Living Hawaii: NextEra ‘Chaos’ Is About Crafting a Better Deal for Hawaii Consumers
August 2015
Monday, August 31Living Hawaii: How Cheaper Energy Could Change Our Lives
Friday, August 28Living Hawaii: Honolulu Is the Nation’s Most Expensive City for Singles
Tuesday, August 18Living Hawaii: Can We Un-corner Markets in Our Over-Priced State?
Tuesday, August 11Living Hawaii: Why Are Honolulu Rents Getting More Expensive?
Friday, August 7Living Hawaii: Elevating the Discussion About Tiny Homes and Housing
July 2015
Friday, July 31Living Hawaii: Many Residents Are Leaving High-Priced Honolulu
Monday, July 6Living Hawaii: The Nation’s Worst Place to Earn a Living
June 2015
Thursday, June 25Living Hawaii: Bridging the Space Between Islands Could Lower Costs
Wednesday, June 17Living Hawaii: How Military Policies Drive Up Rents on Oahu
Tuesday, June 9Living Hawaii: Boost Property Taxes on Out-of-State Owners to Ease Housing Costs
Thursday, June 4Living Hawaii: How Island Appeal Adds to the Nation’s Highest Rents
May 2015
Tuesday, May 26Living Hawaii: Where Life Isn’t as Expensive for Military Veterans
Tuesday, May 19Living Hawaii: Our Retirement Boom May Cost Us Dearly
Tuesday, May 12Living Hawaii: Some Reasons Not to Start a Career in Honolulu
Friday, May 8Living Hawaii: You Are Not Alone — The Toll of the Price of Paradise
Monday, May 4Living Hawaii: The Jones Act, the Cost of Living and the Search for the Truth
April 2015
Monday, April 27Living Hawaii: The Jones Act Pays Off — in Politics
Friday, April 24Living Hawaii: Know the Price Tag of Retirement in the Islands
Thursday, April 23Living Hawaii: We’re Rolling Out Your Stories on the High Price of Paradise
Thursday, April 16Living Hawaii: Before Rail and GMOs, There Was the Jones Act
Monday, April 6Living Hawaii: How Much Does Shipping Increase the Cost of Living?
March 2015
Thursday, March 26Living Hawaii: Could More Overtime Pay Help Our High Cost of Living?
Wednesday, March 18Living Hawaii: Can Millennial Generation Help Bring Down Price of Paradise?
Friday, March 13Honolulu Salaries Plummet When the Cost of Living Is Factored In
Monday, March 9Living Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries?
Monday, March 2Living Hawaii: How Come Our Electric Bills Are Still So High?
February 2015
Thursday, February 26Living Hawaii: Warning Signs — Many People Can Earn More Elsewhere
Monday, February 23Living Hawaii: How Do You Pay the Price of Paradise?
Friday, February 13Living Hawaii: Is There Finally Some Hope on the Housing Front?
Wednesday, February 11Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class
Thursday, February 5Living Hawaii: Middle-Class Millionaires
January 2015
Wednesday, January 28Living Hawaii: Who Can Afford to Retire in the Islands?
Monday, January 26Living Hawaii: Why the Islands Need Mobile Homes — and Don’t Have Them
Wednesday, January 21Living Hawaii: Why Aren’t Renters Getting More Tax Relief?
Monday, January 12Living Hawaii: Where Real Estate Is King
December 2014
Monday, December 29Living Hawaii: Going Mobile — Could Life on the Road Help Reduce the Price of Paradise?
Monday, December 15Living Hawaii: The Little Solution to the Big Housing Crisis
Wednesday, December 3Living Hawaii: One Remedy for Out-of-Control Rents
November 2014
Tuesday, November 25Living Hawaii: Where the Rent Is Too Damn High
Monday, November 17Living Hawaii: You Might Be Surprised at Who Else Is Snagged by High Costs
Tuesday, November 4Living Hawaii: One Big Reason We Spend So Much?
October 2014
Thursday, October 23Living Hawaii: Where Are You, Trader Joe’s?
Friday, October 17Living Hawaii: Is the Price of Paradise Getting You Down?
Monday, October 6Living Hawaii: How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy in the Islands?
September 2014
Monday, September 29Living Hawaii: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem
Thursday, September 25Living Hawaii: Crowdsourcing the Cost of Paradise
Tuesday, September 16Does Hawaii Soak the Poor and Middle Classes?
July 2014
Monday, July 21Living Hawaii: Babies — First the Good News
May 2014
Thursday, May 1Living Hawaii: Where Child Care Can Cost More Than College
March 2014
Monday, March 17Living Hawaii: Many Families Sacrifice to Put Kids in Private Schools
January 2014
Monday, January 27Living Hawaii: Could Removing State Taxes on Food Make it Cheaper?
Tuesday, January 7Living Hawaii: Priced Out of Paradise — Where $600K Is a Bargain Home
October 2013
Monday, October 7Living Hawaii: Big Island Beer Can Cost More Here Than in Manhattan
Thursday, October 3Living Hawaii: Where Milk Can Cost as Much as Wine
September 2013
Sunday, September 22Living Hawaii: 20 Years Later We’re Still Talking About ‘Price of Paradise’
Wednesday, September 4Living Hawaii: Why Is the Price of Paradise So High?
University of Hawaii researchers tracked dozens of hungry tiger
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A Civil Beat Investigation: In Hawaii’s workers’ comp system, people with long-lasting injuries are often forced to battle doctors hand-picked by insurance companies to get treatment and disability payments.
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