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The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and ...

Employee hiring among private employers dropped nationwide by 32, 000 positions in November in the latest measurement of the American economy that’s also affecting Hawaii’s job market. Small ...

Server Clyde Papas waited on a table of customers at the Waipio Big City Diner on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. “It’s slow,” Philips said. “Businesses are not hiring because the economy’s not working. Its ...

Abstract: Recently, a statistical modeling approach called sparse modeling has attracted much attention, especially in the fields of signal and image processing. Sparse modeling is applicable to solve ...

BOSTON — Noel Lozada was driven to pursue a career in health care services after watching her aunt struggle to provide for her four children, including one born with Down syndrome. “Those times were ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Local businesses are the heart of Hawai'i, but many are struggling to survive. Jon Matsubara, Chef and Owner of Hawaiian Style Food Company, said, "This year alone, I've ...

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates across the City Different. But the ...