Should we change the minimum wage to a living wage?

Taxes & Budget

Mar 23

Despite taking Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage up to $9.25 an hour—and a scheduled increase to $10.10 effective next year—Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage workers are faced with an impossible challenge: the biggest gap nationally between a state’s minimum hourly wage and the basic earnings required to meet the local cost of living. Should we change the minimum wage to a living wage?

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