Stimulus checks won't cover even a month's expenses in Hawaiʻi

Eligible residents in Hawaiʻi, and around the country, are starting to receive cash stimulus payments from the federal government. But the one-time $1,200 checks won’t go far in Hawaiʻi.

That’s because the average cost of living in Hawaiʻi is 20 percent above the national average. The comparison is even worse in the most expensive parts of the state.