We are the third-worst state when it comes to taxing struggling working families.

The Legislature is considering a rash of vastly different strategies, while Gov. Josh Green's bills are struggling for traction.

The new tax would apply to people with a net worth of more than $20 million.

Authors Sydney Iaukea and Will Caron will talk about community-based resistance and land use issues from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lahaina Public Library.

Over the past century, Ka Leo has published numerous groundbreaking stories and scooped up national awards. Here’s a roundup of five of Ka Leo’s most influential articles.

After taking a long, winding path through the Legislature, a bill making the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent and refundable has made it through both the House and the Senate, though disagreements over amendments mean that the bill will now go before a conference committee.

A bill in the state Legislature could potentially mean more money in the pockets of working families on Kauaʻi.

But a living wage increase will go a long way toward providing financial stability for many in Hawaiʻi.

The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.

Supporters say the minimum wage should be increased to $17 an hour by 2026—a hike they say is also good for businesses because it boosts consumer spending.

Prosecutors, politicians and the media inflamed public fears about crime to pressure a halt to an expedited release program that had been preventing outbreak.

The council planning committee heard seven bills that could drastically change fees, fines and enforcement for thousands of Oahu's short-term rentals.

The Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice supports the effort to regulate short-term rentals, but opposes this measure.

Hawaiʻi has the lowest voter turnout of any state. Higher levels of civic engagement promote a better democracy as it is the most direct way to implement change.

Hawaiʻi students joined those from schools across the nation in staging walkouts in tribute to the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.

Here are two bills that deserve the support of both gun-control advocates and Second Amendment activists.

There have been four law-enforcement-involved shootings in less than two months on Oʻahu, three of which were fatal.

Our state is the first to invest in the growing caregiving infrastructure.

The false alarm occurred four days before the 125th anniversary of the Hawaiian Kingdom's overthrow.