Blankety Blanks Advancing. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. Usually, it’s possible to tell which bills in the legislative hopper provide tax breaks as opposed to tax hikes. The bill replaces a current tax rate with another one, and if the new tax rate is higher it’s a tax hike; […]
Maybe More Tax Hikes Coming (Talking Tax)
Preview of the 2024 Legislative Session. The hosts for this show are Mark Coleman and Tom Yamachika. The guest is Dylan Moore. It isn’t very far into the new year, but already the tax hike proposals have begun. As reported by Hawaii News Now, Gov. Josh Green is proposing some ‘revenue raisers’ to have resources […]
Energy and Environment in the 2023 Session (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
What Issues Should the Legislature Consider. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Henry Curtis. Henry Curtis of Life of the Land helps us understand the energy and environmental issues that should be considered, one way or the other, by the 2023 Legislature. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is […]
Energy is Complex on Hawaii Island (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Laura Acasio Weighs in on the Environment. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Laura Acasio. Senator Acasio from Hawaii Island is a member of the Agriculture and Environment, Hawaiian Affairs, Human Services and Judiciary committees. In this show, she helps us understand agricultural, environmental and energy issues on Hawaii Island, […]
The Making of Scaling Up: Hawaii’s Food Future (Community Matters)
A Conversation with Filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Kimberlee Bassford. Kimberlee Bassford, filmmaker with Making Waves, LLC, who has made a number of award winning documentaries about Hawaii, helps us understand her art and the craft of making her films. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this […]
A View from the Hawaii Senate (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
What’s up with Senator Laura Acasio. The host for this show is Marco Mangelsdorf. The guest is Laura Acasio. The Hawaii Legislature enters into its final month of this year’s session. We get a briefing from Senator Acasio on the ups, downs and round and rounds of this year’s session, who represents District 1 on […]
Halftime at the Legislature (Talking Tax)
What’s Hot, and Not, in Tax. The host for this show is Tom Yamachika. The guest is Kevin Dayton. We speak with veteran reporter Kevin Dayton, now with Civil Beat. We cover various tax bills, including: (1) Some that got trashed, and deservedly so; (2) Some bills that are still alive despite their content; (3) […]
Out of the Box Ideas on Hawaii Tax and Economics (Community Matters)
There Are Many Creative Possibilities for Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Tax attorney Roger Epstein shares some of his ouit of the box ideas for Hawaii tax and economics. The REIT income tax withholding bill. Increasing taxes on hotel credits for paying a living wage of […]
The Demise of Gut and Replace (Talking Tax)
A Rumor Greatly Exaggerated. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Tom Yamachika. On November 4, the Supreme Court of Hawaii released its decision in League of Women Voters v. State. The decision was a huge step in the right direction. But will it get rid of all gut-and-replaces and eliminate […]
Understanding the Hawaii State Auditor (Community Matters)
The State Auditor is critical to our state. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Les Kondo. Les Kondo, the Hawaii State Auditor, helps us understand the mission and work of the Hawaii State Auditor and what it does for state government and the people of our state. […]