Taxes & Fees
Kent, Kefalas tout defeat of tax cuts as major defensive win this session
Joe Kent, executive president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and Ted Kefalas, Grassroot’s director of strategic campaigns, joined Rick Hamada on KHVH radio May 4 to discuss the state Legislature’s final days and reflect on a challenging…
The unintended consequences of transfer taxes
Most of the attention this year at the state Legislature has been focused on the status of our…
Tax relief needed to help combat Hawaii’s high…
The following “Island Voices” commentary was first published April 22, 2026, in the Honolulu…
Property tax changes would help Kauai farmers and…
The following commentary was originally published April 4, 2026, in The Garden Island newspaper on…
Raising taxes to fund disaster relief would be ‘a…
Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, had a wide-ranging…
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…
Expand tax exemption for affordable housing…
April 9, 2026, 10:55 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 211 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
Expand repeal of school impact fees to reduce housing…
April 9, 2026, 10:55 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 211 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
Income tax cut repeal could stunt business growth and…
April 7, 2026, 2 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 308 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee…
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…
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