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.

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

A guide to understanding the basics of the Hawaiʻi state budget and its importance to society.

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. 

40 Years of Rising Costs & Stagnant Wages.

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

How We Invest in our State, Communities and People.

Hawaiʻi counties have an opportunity to model vacation rental unit regulations off successful ordinances from around the world. The stakes are high: our housing crisis is among the worst in the nation.

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

How Hawaiʻi’s low-income residents are faring post-recovery.

Recommendations to the Hawaiʻi State Legislature