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Federal Pandemic Aid Helps Hawaii Reduce Its Poverty Rate

Buffered by relief programs, like stimulus checks, expanded SNAP benefits and Child Tax Credit payments, the state’s supplemental poverty rate decreased to 10.5 percent in 2019-2021.

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Rising Prices, Increasing Poverty, Slowing Job Growth: Hawaii s Economy Faces Grim Times

Among those facing higher costs are Oahu utility customers whose October bills could show more cost increases on top of a dramatic rise over the past year.

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It s Gotten Both Worse and Better for Struggling Working Families

It s Gotten Both Worse and Better for Struggling Working Families
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This Is How The Government Decides What Housing Is Affordable

On Maui, "affordable" can range from rentals as low as $600 per month to for-sale homes as high as $700,000.

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Hawaii Lawmakers Finally Agree On Raising The Minimum Wage

House Bill 2510 also makes a state earned income tax credit refundable. Meanwhile, many taxpayers could soon get a $300 tax rebate.

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