After taking a long, winding path through the Legislature, a bill making the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent and refundable has made it through both the House and the Senate, though disagreements over amendments mean that the bill will now go before a conference committee.

A bill in the state Legislature could potentially mean more money in the pockets of working families on Kauaʻi.

The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.

Supporters say the minimum wage should be increased to $17 an hour by 2026—a hike they say is also good for businesses because it boosts consumer spending.

For the third time in three years, an effort to produce affordable middle-class housing at no longterm taxpayer expense is being buffeted at the legislature, despite substantial backing.

The Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice supports the effort to regulate short-term rentals, but opposes this measure.

Hawaiʻi has the lowest voter turnout of any state. Higher levels of civic engagement promote a better democracy as it is the most direct way to implement change.

Our state is the first to invest in the growing caregiving infrastructure.

Three Honolulu City Council bills would further restrict where homeless people can be. Critics say that would worsen the problem.

It’s high time our elected officials made sustainability the central tenet of all future policy decisions.