Experts discuss budget issues facing Hawaii in 2021 Mansur Shaheen | Jan 22, 2021
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Balancing Hawaii’s budget will be the toughest challenge facing the state legislature in the 2021 session. The COVID-19 pandemic severely hurt a thriving economy and a once best-in-the-nation unemployment rate has ballooned.
Legislators discussed the problems the state faces, and potential solutions, at the “Impacts of COVID on the State Budget” panel at the 2021 Hawaii State of Reform conference. .
Beth Giesting, the Director of the Hawaii Budget and Policy Center explained that Hawaii’s general fund is receiving less revenue than usual due to decreased spending and economic activity caused by the pandemic.
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