Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'

At the rate Hawaii is spending and taxing, projected budgets will only be sustainable for two more years....

...kabuki theater aimed at baffling and confusing union members to make it look like their union bosses are actually doing something for them when they’re not....

Officials in Maui County are set to impose stringent standards upon short-term housing permitting while serving Airbnb hosts with harsh civil penalties....

...at $6,000 per resident, the burden of Hawaii’s pension shortfalls is among the highest in the nation....

There are less police officers on the streets today per person than there were in the 1990’s....

...in Hawaii, parents aren’t allowed to send their children to a different school unless they get a rare district exemption....

...why it's so expensive to cool Hawaii schools....

In essence, the legislature just handed the Hawaii taxpayers a bill, and even they don't know how high it's going to be....

... Grassroot Institute Exposes Flaws in Veto Override Regarding Maui Hospitals ....

Legislators will convene on Monday, July 18th for a special session to determine whether $25 million in severance pay will be paid to union employees transitioning to new employment in a private hospital system....

"The legislature must avoid establishing a costly disincentive that would hinder the saving of other neighbor islands' hospital systems through healthy public-private partnerships...."

“There’s plenty of resistance from insurance companies at the state level against direct primary care."

...Grassroot Institute analyst Matthew Reade speaks with Thomas Rubin, a mass transit consultant who advised Hawaii officials in the early stages of the project....

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii - Neil Mellen...

Early in the effort to determine a mass transit alternative for Oahu, city officials announced that the rail project would likely cost a little more than $3 billion....

Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....

Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....

“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"

...Grassroot Institute warns that we are closer to a Native Hawaiian tribe than ever before....

...Panel Discussion with the Judicial Watch Legal Team....

One of the new rules requires farmers to track their product from “seed to sale.”....

A new report has been released by the Grassroot Institute titled 10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii....

...An economic boon for the territory—and for Hawaii—would be an exemption from the antiquated Jones Act governing shipping from U.S. ports....

...a spate of new regulatory restrictions that have affected Hawaii....

Puerto Rico’s recent bankruptcy, the Jones Act, and how this could affect us here in Hawaii....

Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....

... 41% growth in regulatory impact between 1997 and 2013 ....

...GoFarm Hawaii director Steven Chiang and host Keli`i Akina discuss how a new generation of farmers is being equipped to succeed....

...Jiva Jive of the Maui Dance Advocates speaks with Joe Kent to discuss the dancing laws on Maui....

...new accounting rules require the state to report pension debt in its balance sheet....

...Until recently, hospital labor on Maui was given exclusively to a public labor union. As a result, 70% of the budget was spent on employees....

“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."

...most of those “savings” are coming from taxpayers pockets....

A large crowd attended and listened as Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilwoman Elle Cochran, and Grassroot President Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. discussed the future of farming on Maui....

...Leon Siu discusses with host Keli`i Akina the historic relationship between Christianity and Hawaiian history....

...Grassroot Institute says state tax burden continues to stifle economic growth in Hawaii....

...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....

Interview with David Friedman, an economist and professor of law at Santa Clara University....

...Free market think tank says study should include effects of a Jones Act exemption....

There are several pathways through which Native Hawaiians are advancing, such as education, entrepreneurship, and political involvement....

...Hawaii land use policies discriminate unfairly against minorities and the poor....

"A memorial service for H. William Burgess will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 4:00PM at the Pacific Club at 1451 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu."

...The solution may be found in a recent Supreme Court decision....

...such a measure would require search engines to engage in censorship under government directive....

...by 2028, every car sold in the state would have to be electric or hydrogen cell powered....

A conversation with Dr. Keli'i Akina, president of the Grassroot Institute, about traffic congestion, Honolulu rail and Hawaii's renewable energy plans....