Looking forward from the 2023 state legislative session.

The budget is the blueprint that describes how public funds are to be allocated, and it is a concrete demonstration of what we, as a society, value—and by how much.

Reducing the high costs of eviction through a combination of rent relief, eviction mediation and tenant protections.

A refundable state child tax credit would help Hawaiʻi’s families meet the unique challenges associated with raising a family in Hawaiʻi.

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.

Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Food Security for Hawaiʻi Residents

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

An analysis of Hawaiʻi’s pandemic-era rent relief and pre-litigation mediation program created through Act 57 (2021).

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

The missed opportunity of federal child nutrition programs in Hawaiʻi.

Investing in our children, and in the future of 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 can fine-tune the tax system to promote social welfare and encourage economic activity by delivering targeted tax relief.

Part three of the Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series highlights the disconnect between the state’s housing market and the needs of its residents.

Part two in the Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series shows how helping people who are currently experiencing homelessness with housing and other needs is not only life-changing, but also saves money.

Part 1 of a Good Health Depends on Decent Housing series of policy briefs shows how chronic stress from insecure housing produces cumulative effects that result in mental and physical health problems.

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. 

Improving Hawaiʻi’s data policy to better serve Native Hawaiians.

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

40 Years of Rising Costs & Stagnant Wages.