For far too long the state has relied too much on tax revenue from common goods and services.

An empty homes tax could raise revenue while nudging vacant units back into the city and county’s housing supply.

We need reciprocal systems for storing and sharing a food surplus.

If we are serious about long-term health care cost control and outcomes, we must shift more resources to primary care.

Housing policy should reduce costs while respecting local infrastructure realities.


A small Hawai‘i importer’s perspective.

Public schools on the West Side of Oʻahu face challenges already visible in the DOE’s own performance report.

Veterans deserve healing. First responders deserve healing. Families deserve healing. The people of Hawaiʻi deserve healing.

Reframe the conversation by investing in multimodal services and infrastructure.

Psychiatric prescribing is not simply matching a diagnosis to a medication.