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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…
Akina says Jones Act waiver is ‘tacit…
Not long after President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act to help reduce oil…
YI President Carol Platt Liebau Featured in CT Insider
Yankee Institute President Carol Platt Liebau argues that Connecticut should opt into a federal…
YI President Carol Platt Liebau Featured in The…
Yankee Institute President Carol Platt Liebau discusses how SEBAC negotiations will shape state…
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…
Public testimony prompts lawmakers to rethink repealing income tax cuts
The following news article was first published on March 18, 202, by the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle under the headline “Public Backlash Puts ‘Pause’ Of Tax Cuts In Doubt.”_____________Two bills that would “pause” Hawaii’s historic 2024 income tax cuts…
Scrutinize state budget to preserve promised income tax…
The following commentary was first published on March 18, 2026, by the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle …
YI President Carol Platt Liebau Featured in The CT…
Yankee Institute President Carol Platt Liebau argues the 2017 SEBAC deal fell $537 million short of…
Akina hails highlights of 2025, has high hopes for more…
There is much to be upbeat about the past year, according to Keli‘i Akina, president of the…
Jones Act bad; factual errors also bad
The following “Island Voices” commentary by Mark Coleman and Colin Grabow was first published on…
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