The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22 The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22

Minimum-wage increase coming Oct. 1

Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage will rise to $12 per hour on Oct. 1, and then will go up by $2 every other year until it reaches $18 per hour on Jan. 1, 2028.

Andrew Gomes and Dan Nakaso 5/8/22 Andrew Gomes and Dan Nakaso 5/8/22

Reflections on Hawaiʻi’s ‘historic’ legislative session shine bright

It’s only 60 days long, but Hawaiʻi’s legislative session this year was a monumental affair featuring some self-reform, historic spending and a return to in-person public participation, all largely in the wake of a bribery scandal, a budget deficit and peak coronavirus infections.

Guthrie Scrimgeour 5/8/22 Guthrie Scrimgeour 5/8/22

State legislature closes an ambitious session

After two years of COVID-induced budget cuts, the state legislature took advantage of a rebounding economy and federal relief funding to enact an ambitious agenda.

AP & HTH Staff 5/4/22 AP & HTH Staff 5/4/22

Minimum wage hike passes: Ige expected to sign measure boosting hourly rate to $18

“People should be able to afford their basic needs on 40 hours a week,” said Nate Hix, the director of Living Wage Hawaiʻi, an advocacy group that has been pushing for a higher minimum wage.

Star-Advertiser Editorial Board 4/9/22 Star-Advertiser Editorial Board 4/9/22

Editorial: Help for Hawaiʻi households

For too many families living in Hawaiʻi, the answer to, “How’re you doing?” is, “Just hanging on.”

Josh Frost 3/23/22 Josh Frost 3/23/22

Business groups wrong on minimum wage

It is my hope that our elected officials will base their decision-making on the preponderance of evidence regarding the minimum wage, and not the patently false centenarian talking points of the collective of business associations.

Guthrie Scrimgeour 2/20/22 Guthrie Scrimgeour 2/20/22

Standing for $18 minimum wage

This demonstration comes after the state House pivoted away from the original minimum-wage proposal, Senate Bill 2018, that would have incrementally increased the minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026.

John Burnett 2/16/22 John Burnett 2/16/22

Wage measures still alive

A bill in the state House of Representatives that would increase the minimum wage cleared a committee hurdle Tuesday.

Rt. Rev. Robert L. Fitzpatrick, Rev. Dr. David Popham. Mt. Rev. Larry Silva 2/11/22 Rt. Rev. Robert L. Fitzpatrick, Rev. Dr. David Popham. Mt. Rev. Larry Silva 2/11/22

Religious leaders take a stand to raise minimum wage in Hawaiʻi

Our faith demands concern for the poor that is the tap root of the Christian ethic of economic justice.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21 Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21

Hawaiʻi Democrats must raise minimum wage

All Hawaiʻi workers should be able to make ends meet with one job, and it’s our legislature’s responsibility to make that a reality.

Bill Dorman 12/15/21 Bill Dorman 12/15/21

Minimum wage has stayed at $10.10 for 4 years. With high inflation, will lawmakers make any changes?

The latest state data show a single adult would need to make about $17 to $18 an hour at a full-time job to afford to live in Hawaiʻi.

Beth Young 4/12/21 Beth Young 4/12/21

Children struggle with pressures of poverty

These children grew up disadvantaged, with no clear avenues of escape, in a society that is permitting, even encouraging, a widening gap between the rich and the poor. Why are we OK with this?