Budget & Spending
State lawmakers don’t have to raise taxes to fund disaster response
Jonathan Helton, policy analyst for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, appeared on Rick Hamada’s KHVH radio show March 31 to provide insight into the state budget and proposed changes to previously enacted income tax cuts. Helton explained that House…
Following the golden rule … of budgeting
I have some good news to share with you: All of Hawaii’s county mayors have released their proposed…
Transfer idle special fund balances to help shore up…
April 7, 2026, 2 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 308 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee…
Income tax cut repeal could stunt business growth and…
April 7, 2026, 2 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 308 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee…
The Legislature found $150 million. So where’s…
The state’s behemoth budget bill is making its way through the Legislature, and I can’t help but…
Kent says cut spending, not tax relief
The state doesn’t have a budget crisis. It has a spending crisis.That’s what Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Executive Vice President Joe Kent told radio host Rick Hamada during “The Rick Hamada Program” on March 16.Kent said the state’s latest budget…
Abolish long-vacant positions to release millions of…
March 24, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 309 and VideoconferenceTo: House…
SB3263 SD2: Taxpayer funds shouldn’t pay student…
March 18, 2026, 2:30 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 309 and VideoconferenceTo: House…
Scrutinize state budget to preserve promised income tax…
The following commentary was first published on March 18, 2026, by the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle …
Transfer idle special funds into state’s general…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
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