A Hawaiʻi state budget for dummies
Taxes & Budget The Sunshine Editorial Board Taxes & Budget The Sunshine Editorial Board

A Hawaiʻi state budget for dummies

In case you haven’t noticed, Hawaiʻi’s state budget is a very difficult thing to make sense of unless you’re trained as a forensic accountant. Thankfully, the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center has released a Budget Primer to make things simpler.

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Mediating rent disputes
Affordable Housing Star-Advertiser Editorial Board Affordable Housing Star-Advertiser Editorial Board

Mediating rent disputes

The mediation program’s principles are sound. Lawmakers now have many months to refine this bill and get right its final form and funding amounts; they cannot let a worthwhile program die because they can’t get their act together.

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