Who Pays for Climate Disasters?
Case Studies on Regulatory Responses to Climate Change-Related Disasters.
Hawaiʻi Budget Primer FY2025–26
This budget primer is intended to help readers understand how our state budget works and to encourage budget and policy decisions that improve the lives of Hawaiʻi’s people.
Policy in Perspective 2025
The 2025 legislative session convened under twin existential threats: Hawaiʻi’s worsening affordability crisis, and an impending fiscal tsunami of federal budget cuts.
Renters left behind at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature
In Hawaiʻi, two-fifths (38 percent) of households rent the homes in which they live, yet too often the needs of renters are sidelined at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature.
Helping Hawaiʻi’s Families
How tax credits can reduce poverty, stimulate the economy and keep local residents thriving in Hawaiʻi.
Rethinking Roads
Shifting budget priorities to expand mobility options & reduce vehicle travel.
Hawaiʻi Budget Primer 2024-25
The state budget is a plan for spending based on available resources. It's also a statement of our values. It’s where we invest in programs that increase fairness, opportunity and wellbeing for all.
Concentrating Wealth
The impacts of House Bill 2653 on inequality and economic security in Hawaiʻi.
Freedom to Walk
Decriminalizing Jaywalking and Shifting Investment Towards Safe, Accessible Pedestrian Infrastructure.
Preserving Hawaiʻi
How the State Conveyance Tax Can Re-Invest Nonresident Wealth Into Our Island Communities.
Equity on the Menu
Universal Free School Meal programs are powerful tools to promote equity, support economic justice, and combat childhood food insecurity in Hawaiʻi and across the United States.
The High Cost of Low Wages
The failure of low-wage jobs to provide economic stability perpetuates a cycle of intergenerational poverty that keeps families trapped in poverty.
Funding Hawaiʻi’s Future
Options for raising taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, so that they contribute their fair share towards the public good.
