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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
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New report makes case for exempting medical services from Hawaii's GET
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:57 AM :: 1449 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... removing the tax would lower medical costs and help alleviate the state's doctor shortage ....
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Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
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Are Zoning Laws the Cause of Hawaii's Housing Crisis?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 1765 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It ....
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Sunday, January 29, 2023 |
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Hold off on Maui County executive pay raises?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:12 PM :: 1526 Views :: Maui County
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... salaries for the Mayor, County Council members, Directors, Deputy Directors and County Auditor ....
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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There’s still time to counter higher property taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 1477 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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“They should look for ways to make government cost less and run more efficiently and operate on a leaner budget."
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Slashing tax rates best way to offset higher property assessments
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 1317 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Residential A properties went up 39.9% ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Sister Isles Among Worst Doctor Shortage in USA
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 PM :: 1629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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... a recent national study of 3,000 counties in America found the Big Island has the third-worst shortage of healthcare providers in primary care, Maui has the fifth-worst shortage of healthcare providers in America, and Kauai has the 13th worst shortage ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Corruption at every level: Why I left Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:47 PM :: 4915 Views :: Ethics, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... To this day, I still wonder where the $58 million that was earmarked for testing and tracing went or whose pockets it lined ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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A lively conversation about the Jones Act, pro and con
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:24 AM :: 1412 Views :: Jones Act
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... Despite the disagreements, there were a few points the guests all agreed on ....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 |
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How to fix Hawaii's SLOW permitting departments
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:30 AM :: 1903 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Hawaii is one of the slowest states in the nation when it comes to approving building permits ....
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Monday, January 16, 2023 |
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Hawaii isn't the only place where homebuilding is virtually impossible
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1824 Views :: Development, Greenmail
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... Sim Nimby is an online game in which winning means giving up any hope of building any sort of structure for any reason ....
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 |
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Transparency by Executive Order? Gov Green responds
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:59 PM :: 1686 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... two dozen community and media organizations suggest changes that could be implemented by executive order ....
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Thursday, January 5, 2023 |
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Time to Reform Property Taxes: High Home Values Prompt Calls for Relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:16 PM :: 1438 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Akina and Iwasa discuss the history of property taxes in Hawaii, how assessments are conducted and what reforms the counties should consider ....
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Friday, December 30, 2022 |
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The trend continues: Hawaii's population declines — again
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:14 PM :: 2056 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s population dropped by almost 7,000 people, or 0.5%, between July 2021 and July 2022 ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Reforming Hawaii Professional Licensing Laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:06 PM :: 2115 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii is the fourth-worst state in the country when it comes to requiring occupational licenses ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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How Jones Act reform can work for everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:14 PM :: 1664 Views :: Jones Act
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... Has the Jones Act finally run its course? ....
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Saturday, December 10, 2022 |
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"Very interesting coalition" for Jones Act Reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 1940 Views :: Jones Act
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... Ted Cruz and AOC on the same team ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii County Rules Make it Easy to Build Mansions
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 PM :: 2125 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... Ever wonder why so many mansions are being built on Hawaii Island? It’s because they don’t involve a lot of red tape or public opposition ....
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Monday, November 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii Home to Only PVSA-Legal Cruise Ship
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 PM :: 1747 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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... There’s one large cruise ship that actually complies with the law. And that cruise ship is only operating in Hawaii ....
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Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
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Economic Freedom: Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:30 PM :: 1651 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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“...our residents will continue to suffer and flee the state....”
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Saturday, November 26, 2022 |
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What would Happen if Hawaii Zoning Laws Were Abolished?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 1849 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... Hawaii’s zoning laws prevent growth, are socially divisive, contribute to Hawaii’s high home prices ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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'If Hawaii wants more homes, it might just have to build them'
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:03 PM :: 1599 Views :: Development
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... Mainland publications reach out to the Grassroot Institute for background on why housing in Hawaii is so difficult to come by ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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Does anyone really believe stadium project will pan out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:01 AM :: 1590 Views :: Ethics, Development
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"... Hawaii is littered with big public-facility development projects that have taken exorbitant stretches of time to produce compared with [their original] plans ...."
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Monday, November 21, 2022 |
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How Jones Act Reform can work for everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:47 PM :: 1664 Views :: Jones Act
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... how reform of the Jones Act — rather than all-out repeal or keeping the law the same — might be the way to appease both sides ....
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Why is there a doctor shortage in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:55 PM :: 2715 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... The state is short more than 1,000 doctors, which means some patients cannot get care, and the ones who do have to wait a long time. ...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Oahu’s short-term rental ban walking on thin ice
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:32 AM :: 2724 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... A preliminary injunction against Oahu’s ban on short-term rentals of fewer than 90 days is a bad sign for the City & County of Honolulu ....
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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How Sandboxes Could Help Hawaii Prosper
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 AM :: 1427 Views :: Small Business
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... Hawaii is one of the most difficult states in which to start a business ....
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Monday, November 7, 2022 |
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'By-right' approvals could lower cost of housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 AM :: 1752 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... by-right approval for affordable housing projects would streamline the process for homebuilders and potentially yield big savings ....
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Monday, November 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii County could use ‘Konno’ exceptions to address permit backlog
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 AM :: 1847 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Labor
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... “Konno” has a provision that has an exemption for special or unique services that are essential to the public and cannot be filled by civil servants ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Community health workers don’t need licensing, auditor says; is Legislature listening?
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:17 PM :: 1735 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... A proposed certification scheme for community health workers would burden the workers and raise prices for everyone, according to a new report by Hawaii Office of the State Auditor ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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‘If you want to get mad about something, get mad about the Jones Act’
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:20 PM :: 1835 Views :: Jones Act
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... if your state is on a navigable river or an external coast you have been missing out on massive amounts of economic activity for decades ....
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022 |
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Short-term Rental Ban: City Warned About Enforcement
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:18 PM :: 2318 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... a warning letter Kugle sent Oct. 21 to Honolulu officials about how they should be cautious that their publicized intent to 'aggressively' enforce the law doesn’t violate the judge’s order ....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
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GE Tax Takes $200M Bite out of Health Care
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 1677 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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“If we exempted medical care from the general excise tax it would save doctors and patients more than $200 million [a year]. And that would help keep doctors in our state, rather than having to flee the state to earn money elsewhere...."
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 |
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Maui Bill 107 Orders Developers to Reduce Price 20%
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:57 PM :: 1922 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... the new ordinance is likely to do more harm than good by discouraging more homebuilding ....
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 |
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Front Page News: Petition to End GE Tax on Medical Care
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:51 PM :: 1777 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... the petition, which can be viewed here, calls on lawmakers to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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The ‘mailbox conspiracy’ and what it says about corruption in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 3617 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Hawaii doesn’t have any more or less corruption than any other part of the country, but it does lack whistleblowers and introspection, which makes combating corruption so difficult ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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Jones Act is a problem, especially during disasters
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:21 PM :: 2176 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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... the Jones Act recently hindered Puerto Rico’s ability to receive supplies quickly after being hit by yet another hurricane; and the 102-year-old shipping law also threatens to skyrocket energy costs ....
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 |
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Why I Left Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:15 PM :: 2807 Views :: Cost of Living
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... nearly half of my cousins had already left ....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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Video clip on Hawaii doctor shortage goes viral
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:15 AM :: 2193 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care
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... In just two days, 48 seconds of PA James Winkler talking about the lack of doctors on Kauai has logged almost 610,000 views ....
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Monday, October 10, 2022 |
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‘Economic freedom’ took hit in 2020
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:50 PM :: 1509 Views :: National News, COVID-19
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... the United States was less free in 2020 than it was in 2019 ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Petition aims to exempt medical costs from Hawaii's general excise tax
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:05 PM :: 1309 Views :: Health Care
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has launched a petition urging the Hawaii Legislature to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Exemptions to open-records law should favor disclosure, not secrecy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:45 PM :: 1760 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |
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Confirmation bias in the pros and cons of minimum-wage studies
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 AM :: 1971 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Video of presentation at Hawaii Pacific University ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Biden Admin grants ‘targeted’ Jones Act waiver for ship bringing fuel to Puerto Rico
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:14 PM :: 2624 Views :: Jones Act
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... The U.S. territory is again facing a humanitarian crisis after being hit by Hurricane Fiona, but the 1920 federal law is hindering outside assistance ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Getting by with a little help from our friends
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:43 AM :: 1559 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is working with experts around the country to create a better Hawaii ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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More homebuilding needed to solve Hawaii housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:10 PM :: 1816 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... the primary causes of Hawaii's high housing prices are extensive land-use, zoning and other homebuilding-related regulations ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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12,603 Hawaii residents left last year
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:42 PM :: 2121 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents are leaving the state in droves because the cost of living is too high ....
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Bill 10: Don’t limit new multi-unit housing to just TOD areas
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 2901 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Bill 10 would update the county’s land-use regulations for agricultural, residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and other uses ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Housing crisis culprit staring us in the face
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:41 PM :: 2171 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... many people in Hawaii have for years been blaming the state’s housing crisis on “outsiders” ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Maui housing bill seriously flawed in July, and even more so now
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:13 PM :: 2085 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Why housing in Hawaii is expensive--Are outsiders buying up Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 AM :: 2522 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation ....
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