Budget & Spending
How to balance the state budget without hiking taxes
The following “Island Voices” commentary was first published on Feb. 26, 2026, in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser under the headline “With lawmaker will, there are ways to implement tax cuts.”_____________ By Joe Kent and Jonathan Helton Hawaii…
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…
Trim special funds before hitting pause on historic…
The following “Island Voices” commentary was first published on Jan. 20, 2026, in the Honolulu…
Alternatives to ‘pausing’ Hawaii’s income tax cuts
Remember that historically big tax cut passed in 2024 that was supposed to save Hawaii taxpayers more than $7 billion through 2031? Well, I hope you didn’t count your chickens before they hatched because now it appears those phased-in cuts are…
Create commission with aim of reducing cost of city…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
Require county online budget data to be free and…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
Gov. Green’s proposed budget calls for $1.8B…
The following is a news release issued by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii on Jan. 2,…
Require fiscal assessments for all proposed bills,…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
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