EARN in Hawaii

Hawaii Network publications

• Census poverty data for 2023 highlights the importance of government assistance

  • September 13, 2024
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Devin Thomas
  Wages Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Hawaiʻi is even less affordable after the pandemic

  • February 27, 2024
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Beth Giesting
  Wages Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• The High Cost of Low Wages

  • December 1, 2023
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  Wages

• Hawaiʻi Households to Suffer Deep Cuts to SNAP Benefits; Anti-hunger Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Address Hunger Cliff

  • April 5, 2023
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Daniela Spoto

  Local anti-hunger organizations are urging Hawaiʻi policymakers to swiftly address a looming “hunger cliff” that will affect more than 83,000 Hawaiʻi residents participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). […]

• The Effects of Boosting Hawaii’s Minimum Wage

  • April 16, 2019
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawaii Appleseed

  Raising the minimum wage to $17 by 2024 would give 269,000 Hawai‘i workers a pay increase. This means that, in 2024, about four in 10 Hawai‘i workers would earn roughly […]

  Minimum Wage Wages

• A Public Investment

  • March 11, 2019
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawaii Budget & Policy Center

  Public workers and retirees make up 11 percent of the adult population of Hawai‘i. Nearly one out of every five adults aged 65 and older is a public worker retiree. […]

  Retirement Unions and Worker Power

• Priced Out of Paradise

  • November 20, 2018
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawaii Appleseed

  THE VACATION RENTAL INDUSTRY has exponentially expanded with the growth of online home-sharing platforms such as Airbnb, Flipkey, and Homeaway. The state of Hawai‘i alone hosted approximately 23,000 vacation rental units […]

  Housing

• Hawai‘i Budget Primer: An Overview of How Hawai‘i Invests in Our Future and Our People

  • July 30, 2018
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawai‘i Budget & Policy Center

  Hawai‘i has a new resource to help make better budget and tax policy decisions, coming online at a critical time in light of recent and upcoming events in Washington. The […]

  Budges and Taxes Democracy

• Effects of Federal Tax Cuts in Hawai‘i: Correcting the Record

  • March 28, 2018
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawai‘i Appleseed

  Hawai‘i’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) recently released a report, “The Impact of the Federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) on Hawai‘i Households,” which analyzed the […]

  Budges and Taxes

• Hawaiʻi Vacation Rentals: Impact on Housing & Hawaiʻi’s Economy

  • March 22, 2018
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed
  • Hawai‘i Appleseed

  Finding affordable housing has long been a significant challenge for Hawaiʻi’s residents. Over the past decade, it has risen to crisis proportions. The growth of the vacation rental industry in […]

  Housing