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.”

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.

Raymond Catania 4/6/21 Raymond Catania 4/6/21

House leaders ignored the needs of Hawaiʻi’s workers

They killed bills to raise the state minimum wage and to help the unemployed.

Kevin Dayton 4/5/21 Kevin Dayton 4/5/21

Labor leaders urge lawmakers to move minimum wage increase

Teamsters, ILWU and Local 5 leaders ask House Speaker Scott Saiki to schedule a floor vote by Wednesday.