Cost of Living
Assist kupuna with property taxes by raising senior homeowner exemption
July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Andria Tupola, Vice ChairFrom: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic Campaigns RE: Bill 46 (2026) — RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATIONAloha…
Reduce vehicle weight tax to help ease cost of living…
July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Tommy Waters, Chair Andria Tupola, Vice…
Farmers markets in city parks would lower barriers to…
June 23, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Committee on Housing, Homelessness…
Grassroot supports changes to Bill 7 affordable housing…
June 23, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council’s Committee on Housing, Homelessness…
Allow affordable housing buyers to immediately claim…
June 23, 2026, 10 a.m. Honolulu HaleTo: Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget Val Okimoto, Chair…
Property tax rate increases could unintentionally burden renters
May 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m.Hawai‘i County Council Chambers in HiloTo: Hawai‘i County Council Holeka Goro Inaba, Chair Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, Vice ChairFrom: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Jonathan Helton, Policy AnalystRE: FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 REAL…
Historic 2024 tax cuts rescued for majority of Hawaii…
It was only two years ago that, to much fanfare and celebration, our lawmakers boldly passed…
Tax relief needed to help combat Hawaii’s high…
The following “Island Voices” commentary was first published April 22, 2026, in the Honolulu…
Kansas Has a Cost Problem—And It’s Driving People Away
Kansas isn’t collapsing. That would at least get attention. What’s happening is quieter and more…
Raising taxes to fund disaster relief would be ‘a…
Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, had a wide-ranging…
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