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Hawaiʻi Appleseed
Honolulu, Hawaii ·The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice is working to build a Hawaii where everyone has genuine opportunities to achieve economic security and fulfill their potential. Hawaii Appleseed changes systems that perpetuate inequality through research, policy development, education, coalition building, and advocacy.
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Hawaii Network publications
The High Cost of Low Wages
- December 1, 2023
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
Hawaiʻi Households to Suffer Deep Cuts to SNAP Benefits; Anti-hunger Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Address Hunger Cliff
- April 5, 2023
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Daniela Spoto
Local anti-hunger organizations are urging Hawaiʻi policymakers to swiftly address a looming “hunger cliff” that will affect more than 83,000 Hawaiʻi residents participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). […]
The Effects of Boosting Hawaii’s Minimum Wage
- April 16, 2019
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawaii Appleseed
Raising the minimum wage to $17 by 2024 would give 269,000 Hawai‘i workers a pay increase. This means that, in 2024, about four in 10 Hawai‘i workers would earn roughly […]
A Public Investment
- March 11, 2019
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawaii Budget & Policy Center
Public workers and retirees make up 11 percent of the adult population of Hawai‘i. Nearly one out of every five adults aged 65 and older is a public worker retiree. […]
Priced Out of Paradise
- November 20, 2018
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawaii Appleseed
THE VACATION RENTAL INDUSTRY has exponentially expanded with the growth of online home-sharing platforms such as Airbnb, Flipkey, and Homeaway. The state of Hawai‘i alone hosted approximately 23,000 vacation rental units […]
Hawai‘i Budget Primer: An Overview of How Hawai‘i Invests in Our Future and Our People
- July 30, 2018
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawai‘i Budget & Policy Center
Hawai‘i has a new resource to help make better budget and tax policy decisions, coming online at a critical time in light of recent and upcoming events in Washington. The […]
Effects of Federal Tax Cuts in Hawai‘i: Correcting the Record
- March 28, 2018
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawai‘i Appleseed
Hawai‘i’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) recently released a report, “The Impact of the Federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) on Hawai‘i Households,” which analyzed the […]
Hawaiʻi Vacation Rentals: Impact on Housing & Hawaiʻi’s Economy
- March 22, 2018
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawai‘i Appleseed
Finding affordable housing has long been a significant challenge for Hawaiʻi’s residents. Over the past decade, it has risen to crisis proportions. The growth of the vacation rental industry in […]
Senate Ways & Means chair blocks a bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
- February 27, 2018
- Hawaiʻi Appleseed
- Hawaii News Now
A Hawaii state senator is blocking a bill that would increase Hawaii’s minimum wage after a series of pay hikes that was enacted in 2014 came to an end this year. […]
New bill works towards equal pay in the workplace
- February 26, 2018
- KITV
A bill at the State Capitol is gaining momentum in the movement to help women in the workplace earn just as much as their male counterparts. According to the Hawaii […]