Taxes & Fees
Raising taxes to fund disaster relief would be ‘a failure of budgeting’
Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, had a wide-ranging conversation with KHVH radio host Rick Hamada on April 2 that touched on fuel prices and energy policy, the recent Jones Act waiver, some of Grassroot’s…
State lawmakers don’t have to raise taxes to fund…
Jonathan Helton, policy analyst for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, appeared on Rick Hamada’s…
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 Hawaii Executive Vice President Joe Kent told radio host Rick Hamada during “The Rick Hamada Program” on March 16.Kent said the state’s latest budget…
SB3028 SD2: Conveyance tax hike could harm economy and…
March 18, 2026, 9 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 430 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee…
HB1612 HD1: Business competitiveness goal could help…
March 17, 2026, 1 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 229 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
HB1713 HD1: Expand school impact fee repeal to reduce…
March 17, 2026, 1 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 225 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
HB2385 HD3: Expanding exemption from general excise tax…
March 17, 2026, 1:05 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 225 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
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