Budget & Spending
Abolish long-vacant positions to release millions of taxpayer dollars
March 24, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 309 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee on Labor Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Chair Rep. Mike Lee, Vice ChairFrom: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of…
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…
Do not use taxpayer dollars to compensate UH athletes
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii on March 3, 2026, for…
Evaluate state budget to save historic income tax cuts
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Finance on March 3, 2026._____________March 3, 2026, 10 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 308 and VideoconferenceTo: House…
How to balance the state budget without hiking taxes
The following “Island Voices” commentary was first published on Feb. 26, 2026, in the Honolulu…
Online databse would give public access to budget…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
Honolulu’s economic revitalization office has…
It seems that Honolulu’s Office of Economic Revitalization is very good at spending money, but not…
Use of fiscal notes would benefit both taxpayers and…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
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