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Closing the Capital Gains Loophole
Taxes & Budget Devin Thomas 1/25/23 Taxes & Budget Devin Thomas 1/25/23

Closing the Capital Gains Loophole

By taxing capital gains at the same rate as regular income, Hawaiʻi can make its tax code more fair while funding critical investments in education, housing, healthcare, and support for working families.

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Policy in Perspective: 2021
Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor, Food Equity, Affordable Housing Will Caron 8/2/21 Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor, Food Equity, Affordable Housing Will Caron 8/2/21

Policy in Perspective: 2021

Policymakers have shaped an economy that relies far too much on extractive tourism that provides little to residents in return. To reverse these trends, we need a dramatic shift in our public policy. 

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The Case for a New Economy
Wages & Labor, Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 11/30/20 Wages & Labor, Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 11/30/20

The Case for a New Economy

40 Years of Rising Costs & Stagnant Wages.

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Hawaiʻi’s State Budget: 2020
Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 7/27/20 Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 7/27/20

Hawaiʻi’s State Budget: 2020

How We Invest in our State, Communities and People.

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Farm to Family
Food Equity Daniela Spoto 6/16/20 Food Equity Daniela Spoto 6/16/20

Farm to Family

Building food system resilience and feeding families in the time of COVID-19.

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Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Response
Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor Beth Giesting 4/13/20 Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor Beth Giesting 4/13/20

Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Response

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

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Recession in Review
Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor Beth Giesting 6/3/19 Taxes & Budget, Wages & Labor Beth Giesting 6/3/19

Recession in Review

Looking back at the Great Recession, 2007–09.

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Hawaiʻi Budget Primer
Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 7/16/18 Taxes & Budget Beth Giesting 7/16/18

Hawaiʻi Budget Primer

An overview of how Hawaiʻi invests in our future and our people.

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