Panelists included: Rep. Richard Onishi (D), Chair of the State House Labor and Tourism Committee, representing South Hilo, Keaʻau, Honuʻapo; Gavin Thornton, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice; Wendy Laros, President, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce; and Carl Bonham, Executive Director University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, Professor of Economics.