The 2022 Hawaiʻi legislative session included extraordinary examples of the types of actions policymakers can take to rewrite the economic rulebook.

The missed opportunity of federal child nutrition programs in Hawaiʻi.

The State Government’s Crucial Role in Countering the Pandemic Recession.

In the context of COVID-19, correctional facilities are public health disasters waiting to happen.

Policy and spending decisions to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on Hawaiʻi and its people.

Creating our state Earned Income Tax Credit was an important achievement. Now it’s time to make the state EITC refundable and permanent.

Patients, providers, and administrators alike agree that quality mental health care is hard to come by—there is a catastrophic dearth of services for low-income youth.

SNAP and the EITC in Hawaiʻi

How the Great Recession disproportionately impacted Hawaiʻi’s disadvantaged, and policy recommendations to achieve fairness.

The Case for Justice for Micronesians in Hawaiʻi