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.”

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.

Sophie Cocke 4/9/21 Sophie Cocke 4/9/21

Hawaiʻi House leaders shelve bills that would help workers

House leaders are resisting union pressure to revive bills this year that would raise the minimum wage and exempt jobless benefits from state income taxes.

Kainani Derrickson 4/13/18 Kainani Derrickson 4/13/18

Hawaiʻi’s low minimum wage hurts everybody

We are all worse off because of the widespread worker exploitation, leaving us unable to afford to even live here.