Funding Free Transit
What would it cost to make bus transit free for everyone in Hawaiʻi? New report estimates $62.4M a year—and outlines how the state can pay for it.
A Fairer Tax Code for a Thriving Hawaiʻi
Progressive Revenue Options to Protect and Invest in Our Future.
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.
Refunding Hawaiʻi
How expanding the state Earned Income Tax Credit to make it refundable can boost the economy and provide opportunity to Hawaiʻi’s working families.
Tax Credits as Tools to Advance Prosperity
Tax credits can fine-tune the tax system to promote social welfare and encourage economic activity by delivering targeted tax relief.
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.
Healing Hawaiʻi’s Economy
The State Government’s Crucial Role in Countering the Pandemic Recession.
Hawaiʻi Wages and Household Costs
Hawaiʻi’s post-COVID-19 economy should be one informed by an understanding that the old economic order had been failing many Hawaiʻi residents for decades.
The Effects of Boosting Hawaiʻi’s Minimum Wage
Not only would a minimum wage increase help to improve the living standards of affected Hawaiʻi workers, but it would also strengthen local businesses, as low-wage workers plow almost every additional dollar of earnings back into the local economy.
Hawaiʻi School Breakfast Scorecard: School Year 2015–2016
All of Hawaiʻi’s children deserve a good education that opens up opportunities for the rest of their lives. But hungry keiki can't learn.
The State of Poverty in Hawaiʻi 2016
How Hawaiʻi’s low-income residents are faring post-recovery.
Financial Struggles Facing Working Families in Hawaiʻi
Survey results show half of Hawaiʻi's households are living "paycheck to paycheck."
Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit
Cutting taxes to strengthen the economy and boost Hawaiʻi’s families: A refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit.
Accessory Dwelling Units: Expanding Affordable Housing Options in Hawaiʻi
ADUs are an important tool in expanding affordable housing stock, especially in areas with limited room for growth and high housing costs.
Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy for All Families
Recommendations to the Hawaiʻi State Legislature
Gambling with Paradise
The Effect of Gambling on Low-Income Individuals, Families and Communities