New interactive data tool provides side-by-side comparison of House and Senate supplemental budget drafts
Hawaiʻi Appleseed grows its suite of data-forward resources including Economic Justice Dashboard and Federal Medicaid & SNAP Policy Timeline
Hawaiʻi Tax Fairness Coalition presents equitable strategies to Fund Our Future
Coalition members highlighted four key policy proposals that, together, would begin to correct a tax system where the wealthiest residents and large corporations currently pay a smaller share of their income than many working families.
As federal food aid shrinks, Hawaiʻi counties hold important key to local food security
With closer community connections, counties can tailor solutions to local realities, such as inter-island transportation barriers in Maui County or the dispersed rural communities of Hawaiʻi County.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed releases 2024 edition of its Budget Primer product
The biennial budget analysis product is a core service provided by Appleseed researchers.
Trump’s Public Charge rule could cost Hawaiʻi dearly
With the new Trump Administration Public Charge rule given the green light today by the U.S. Supreme Court, both Hawaiʻi’s economy and its hardworking immigrant families will suffer.
Report examines the state of poverty in Hawaiʻi since the Great Recession
The state’s high cost of living and low wages has made recovery slow and painful for many families.
State of Hawaiʻi sued to restore critical medical services
Suit follows federal court order halting state’s previous plan to cut benefits.
Judge rules state violated law by cutting Pacific Islanders’ medical benefits
Due to the lawsuit, the state is now required to follow procedures that will allow for public comment and criticism of proposed rules that will determine what level of benefits will be provided to immigrants from these Compact of Free Association (COFA) states.