New accounting rules force the city to acknowledge a growing debt it largely has avoided addressing until now.

The islands are a pretty good place for military retirees who are more insulated from the high cost of living than the rest of us.

People live longest in the country's most expensive state. They're putting off retirement or planning to work until they drop. It all comes at a price.

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.