Entries for 'Keli'i Akina PhD'

...Is there something to hide?....

...Bill Would Block 2/3 of Contractors from Bidding on City Contracts.... 

"...Officially, OHA takes no position on the site or construction of the TMT.  Accordingly, OHA should affirm the rights of all Hawaiians to express themselves, both those who oppose the TMT and those who support it...." 

...Pennies add up. And when we’re talking about the Jones Act, they add up to billions of dollars....

...For almost three decades, the handyman exemption in Hawaii was capped at $1,000, a limit that includes the cost of labor and materials....

...Skousen discusses with host Keli'i Akina what free-market economics is and why we should promote it....

"...Under interim CEO Sylvia Hussey’s leadership, transparency reigns...."

...without property rights, many of our other rights or freedoms would be shallower....

...If an OHA Trustee cannot publicly disagree with Board decisions, then it would hinder any Trustee from functioning as a watchdog. That would be a terrible loss to beneficiaries....

...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....

...“Losing this case raises questions as to whether the OHA Board is acting in the best interest of its beneficiaries when it comes to transparency and their right to know how their trust funds are spent.”...

...Hawaii residents have been moving away from the islands in droves in recent years; in fiscal 2017, more than 13,000 people departed — the highest negative net migration ever....

...there is a bill before Gov. David Ige, SB 1292, which he has until June 24 to veto or sign....

... This week, the Honolulu City Council approved an operating budget of $2.8 billion, an increase of 8.8% over last year’s budget and almost $1 million more than the amount proposed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell ....

...not all are so impressed....

...The first step is admitting you have a problem....

...The Hawaii Legislature approved 303 bills, among which were measures clarifying what people must do in crosswalks with countdown timers, determining who is allowed to drive “low speed electric bicycles,” and expanding the prohibition on the capturing or killing of manta rays to all rays. ...

...Hawaii’s contradictory approach to short-term vacation rentals hasn’t been doing much to make anybody happy, and could, in fact, just be making things worse....

...It's been over two years since the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees unanimously approved an independent audit of OHA and its limited liability companies for fraud, waste and abuse....

... Randy Roth discusses key issues in the rail controversy and gets his insights from having watched the project since its beginning ....

...Trustee Keli'i Akina praises decision as victory for OHA beneficiaries....

...The victims of these tactics usually are bills that have been passed by one chamber and are waiting for hearings in the non-originating chamber. This makes them ripe for tinkering because they no longer require hearings or votes in the original house....

...For the fourth year in a row, the state’s economic policies have left us languishing in the bottom 10. And we have lost almost 52,000 residents over the past 10 years....

...UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register....

...Hawaii policymakers cannot mandate people into prosperity....

... Trustee Akina Votes No to Further Delay of OHA Independent Audit -- OHA Board Pushes Audit Completion to December ....

...Hawaii lawmakers are considering a myriad of new tax increases in order to pay for their spending plans, but instead they should clamp down on their spending so tax hikes aren’t needed....

...Trustees now have an opportunity to address the Spending Policy, and other financial policies that are under review....

...higher medical costs increase our state’s debt — and Hawaii taxpayers might be the ones who end up paying for it....

...Economist Ken Schoolland and host Keli'i Akina discuss how economics and liberty interact as they explore a variety of public policy issues that impact our lives....

...You just violated Hawaii law. Get ready to be sued....

...Multiple bills heard this session have revolved around encouraging residents to save. The details vary, but there’s a common theme: The state wants to be your local bank....

...it was Prince Kuhio's original vision that Hawaiian homesteaders would be able to own their land in fee simple....

...New York and California killed off expensive rail projects--Hawaii can too....

...instead of making resources scarcer, population growth has gone hand in hand with greater resource abundance....

...on January 9, after hearing OHA's biennium budget request, members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee raised questions about the progress of the independent audit of OHA and its LLCs. A similar question was raised the next day at the House Finance Committee....

...Senate President Ron Kouchi talked about how his “greatest passion was to create a Hawaii where each and every one one of our children could come home.”....

...The economic boom of the last few years allowed them to continue spending at high levels, and many of them would like to keep it that way....

... Perhaps most notable are the increases in the general excise tax on Kauai and Hawaii Island ....

...OHA's own audit for fraud, waste and abuse, contracted to an independent national firm, not only faced more than a year's delay in getting started, but is currently facing challenges, jeopardizing its timely completion....

...It’s too expensive.....

...Well, it’s Christmas season again, so here is what I drafted recently for Santa to consider....

...Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Keli‘i Akina today secured renewed commitments from OHA’s newly chosen Board leadership to finish the audit of OHA and its subsidiary LLCs for fraud, waste and abuse....

...here are some highlights from the past year at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...economic freedom in Hawaii actually diminished during the latest measurement period, from 6.3 in the 2017 Index to 5.48. But economic freedom in certain other states declined even more....

...the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) gave the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a failing grade of ‘F’ for its online financial transparency....

...It’s time to open a real dialogue in our state and work together to find real and lasting solutions for education....

...the FTA has signaled its lack of faith in the project by withholding federal funds absent a recovery plan and setting a Nov. 20 deadline for the city to come up with $44 million — the initial payment on a $214 million obligation to HART....

...Out-of-the-box thinking for Hawaii's future....

...I am still deeply concerned about the amount of time it has taken to begin this audit....