Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'

...a system designed to protect secrets and keep the public uninformed....

...OHA has a financial interest in the outcome of the dispute....

...regulations should then be applied equitably to taxi and ride-sharing companies and drivers....

Whether it's activists on Mauna Kea, the Akaka Bill or the Native Hawaiian roll, questions of law abound....

HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....

Former Attorney General Michael Lilly has requested DCCA and DAGS review the expenditure of over $800,000 on two vendors by the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission without public bid....

Formerly, the resolution only considered the Washington State ferry as a model, but now it has been expanded to other possible jurisdictions as well....

...an important step toward solving health cost issues as well as the state's physician shortage....

Dr. Michael P. Hamnett shares insights as Research Corporation of UH Director and also discusses current happenings at the University of Hawaii....

"...From agencies like the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to organizations like HART that are entrusted with significant state funds, there is a need for greater accountability...."

HB 169 would gradually raise the transient accommodations tax for resort time share vacation units to 9.25%....

...SB 717 will repeal the requirement that gasoline sold in the state for use in motor vehicles be composed of 10% ethanol....

...The current trend of increasing state and county revenues via various state tax increases and surcharges represents the sort of short-term planning that inevitably leads to economic troubles....

...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....

...And the poorer you are, the more of your income goes to GE Tax....

Watchdog Group Files Information Request Regarding Chairman's Claim that 99% of Native Hawaiians Added from Other Lists Asked to Remain on Roll....

The old arguments in favor of the Act are no longer persuasive in light of the overwhelming evidence that it raises the cost of living....

... According to ITEP, payment of sales and excise taxes takes up an average of 11% of family income for the poorest 20% of earners ....

...the effect of this bill is to burden the compliant small businesses and owner/operator establishments by creating a system that favors larger rental companies and hotels....

...Judicial Watch and former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly are filing suit to compel the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission to release the list to the public....

Liabilities everywhere: The rail project, the failing state hospital system, overdue maintenance on state buildings and campuses, underfunded public worker pensions and health insurance, and so much more....

Hawaii is one of the worst states in the country when it comes to the citizen tax burden....

...Grassroot Institute has been busy tracking legislation that threatens or promotes free market principles and individual liberty....

The state paid nearly $60 million in overtime pay last year....

...managers had set up a special module in the cost reporting software that allowed them to change prices....

...the state is frequently singled out as having one of the most burdensome tax systems in the nation....

...it is necessary to take bold action and embrace policies that improve the state’s business climate....

To allow the denial of requests on the grounds that they may be embarrassing, inconvenient, or unfair would permit the withholding of exactly the type of information and records that the law was designed to expose....

...a new state-by-state comparison puts Hawaii as #1 in terms of the gap between the income residents earn and the cost of housing....

...the measures proposed stop short of what is needed for long-term reform and robust development of the Hawaii economy....

...Danny Kaleikini speaks in this Martin Luther King Day interview as an ambassador for racial harmony....

Senator John McCain introduced a measure to modify the Jones Act so that American ship companies can purchase their ships from our allies....

Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 4:30PM William S Richardson School of Law ....

Professor and Transportation expert, Panos Prevedouros joins host Keli'i Akina to discuss Oahu's fixed-rail project....

In Hawaii, we have the right to transparency. We just don’t have actual transparency....

Merritt and Anthony are prepared to speak about their case publicly, which will be the first time they are able to do this in Hawaii....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Kam Napier (Editor-in-Chief, Pacific Business News) about the noteworthy events of 2014....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Kalbert Young (outgoing Director of Finance, State of Hawaii) about the current financial conditions of the state of Hawaii....

...Host Keli'i Akina speaks with former POW, decorated serviceman and author Capt. Jerry Coffee....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii discusses the proposed 11-point action plan of the new governor of Hawaii, David Ige....

...currently, the state pension plan is only about 61% funded....

Low Ranking on Small Business Policy Index Points to Need for Economic Reform....

Grassroot President Keli’i Akina speaks with Darrel Galera (President) and Roberta Mayor (Board Member) of the Hawaii Center for Instructional Leadership about their work to reform education in Hawaii....

"Hawaii's poor ranking--tied for 40th out of all states and in the bottom 3rd quartile overall--demonstrates the need for statewide economic reform," stated Keli'i Akina, Ph.D., President of the Grassroot Institute....

...Grassroot Institute Commends Ige for Determination to Put People and Prosperity Above Special Interests....

Keli'i Akina interviews Ron Iwami and Tom Iwai....

"We actually share some important common goals with the Sovereignty activists."

State Senator Sam Slom is interviewed by Keali’i Akina on the November 10 edition of “Think Tech Hawaii”....

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....