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

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.

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

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

It’s high time our elected officials made sustainability the central tenet of all future policy decisions.