Hawaii has the lowest property tax rate in the nation, but generally high home prices. Groceries are taxed at the full rate in Hawaii, and the highest income tax bracket is 11%. Retirees may get a ...

Make Pineapple Rum—one pineapple per bottle of white rum. Chop the pineapple into roughly 1-inch cubes, put it into a ...

My favorite coconut rum is the Koloa Coconut, from Hawaii, still 40 percent alcohol and lightly sweetened, with a coconut flavor that evokes the plant more than it evokes sunscreen. If you like ...

Outside interests have made money in Hawai‘i for centuries, including in food. Waves of restaurateurs from the continental U.S. and abroad have opened restaurants in Honolulu, with everyone from ...

You can always spot a true Hawaiian restaurant by the juices. It's a good sign when you see a display of colorful cans that each feature a tropical fruit illustration: passion fruit, orange ...

The beauty of Hawaii is in its diversity. Each island has a different flavor and culture. Getting to and from those islands for both residents and tourists can sometimes be difficult, however.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Ten-thousand hotel workers across the nation are on strike this Labor Day weekend including thousands in Hawaii who walked off the job early Sunday morning. UNITED HERE Local ...

Workers authorized a strike at the Sheraton Kauai Resort and seven Waikiki hotels: the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort; Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort &Spa; Moana Surfrider — a Westin ...

The Alakoko fishpond on Kauai, above, has been cleared of 26 acres of invasive mangrove by Malama Hule‘ia in the past five years. The 600-year-old Alakoko fishpond off the Huleia River on Kauai ...

San Juan Artisan Distillers (SJAD) is the first and only distillery growing its own sugarcane and producing its own rum. Their goal was to create a higher-quality product by sourcing it from ...

Five thousand UNITE HERE Local 5 members from seven Waikiki hotels and one Kauai hotel began a three-day strike Sunday after months of contract negotiations fell through. Striking workers held ...

Sure, the $18-a-month minimum wage for Japanese workers was significantly less than what their Portuguese and Puerto Rican counterparts made, Hawaii newspapers acknowledged in a series of highly ...