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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Case, Cavasso agree on updating Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:41 PM :: 4908 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Janus: Hawaii union law potentially unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:20 AM :: 6554 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Two prominent attorneys agree Act 007 may violate Supreme Court Janus decision....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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'Education Tax' -- $21K per House
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:52 PM :: 5290 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...A proposed state “surcharge” on “investment real property” to fund public education could result in county property taxes statewide going up by an average of $21,005....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 |
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Saturday, September 8, 2018 |
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Impacts of 'Janus' on public sector
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:02 PM :: 4467 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Now that the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME ruling has had time to settle, what’s next?....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 |
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Pension spiking cost Hawaii taxpayers $20.5M in FY 2017
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:12 PM :: 6548 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...A Grassroot Institute FOIA request reveals that 320 employees spiked their salaries ahead of retiring....
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Saturday, September 1, 2018 |
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Arizona ruling shows Hawaii ballot question vulnerable
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 PM :: 4489 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes
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...An "education tax" proposal similar to Hawaii's was held back from voters for being vague....
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Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
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Maui Event: Build up or build out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:50 PM :: 7399 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...opening up more land for housing should also be on the table, if policy makers want to ease pressure on the housing market....
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Thursday, August 23, 2018 |
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Grassroot Institute of Hawaii sends Jones Act waiver request to President Trump
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:43 PM :: 3873 Views :: Jones Act
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...Grassroot Institute president says a waiver will help island families rebuild....
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 |
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Exempt Hawaii from Jones Act for Hurricane Lane
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:44 PM :: 3578 Views :: Jones Act
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...Federal agencies should take precautionary steps now to better assist Hawaii residents....
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 |
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Rosy assumptions could be thorny for Hawaii ERS
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:01 PM :: 4807 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...end date could drag out far longer if the investments of the state’s Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) do not perform as well as expected....
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Thursday, August 2, 2018 |
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Grassroot Institute releases report on fixing pension debt crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:29 PM :: 5565 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...how to bring under control the almost $13 billion in unfunded liabilities of Hawaii’s public pension system....
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Friday, July 27, 2018 |
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How to resolve Hawaii’s public pension debt crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:33 PM :: 7186 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is releasing a new report that outlines how policymakers could resolve Hawaii’s financially dangerous public pension crisis....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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Only One Jones Act Ship Used in Iraq War
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:25 PM :: 5505 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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...For its overseas sealift operations, America’s military generally relies on America’s Maritime Security Program (MSP) fleet — all foreign-built ships that do not comply with the requirements of the Jones Act....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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HART violating FTA funding agreement?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:10 PM :: 6173 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Board member John Henry Felix says there might be a breach of contract with the feds....
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Monday, June 11, 2018 |
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Public-Private Partnerships in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:41 PM :: 6163 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...how to ease barriers to public-private partnerships in the state, and the benefits that could result if done right....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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'Surge pricing' ban will hurt Honolulu consumers
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:59 PM :: 4795 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii urges Mayor Caldwell to reject the City Council measure....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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Auditor: HART Management Listening in on My Interviews with Employees
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:35 AM :: 5056 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Kondo voices his objection to a HART policy requiring all employees participating in the audit to tape record their interviews with him. Those recordings are being given to HART management....
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 |
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Lava disaster could worsen Hawaii pension crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:27 PM :: 5622 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...ERS director warns emergency overtime costs add to state's unfunded liabilities....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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State encouraged building in risky lava zone
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:22 PM :: 5710 Views :: Hawaii County
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...ongoing disaster could have been avoided....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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How State Government fanned flames of volcano disaster
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:45 PM :: 13203 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....
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Thursday, May 3, 2018 |
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Navigating risk at Hawaii's public pension system
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:43 PM :: 4112 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...$12.9 billion in unfunded liabilities, a huge risk for government employees and all Hawaii families alike....
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018 |
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New study ranks Hawaii economy poorly but offers guide to ‘course correction’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:53 PM :: 3188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The study, “Rich States, Poor States,” released Tuesday by the Virginia-based American Legislative Exchange Council, showed Hawaii slipping two spots from last year’s ranking....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii occupational licensing laws 'headed in wrong direction'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 5261 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Grassroot: Low unemployment masks Hawaii’s unhealthy economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 6087 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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....Grassroot president says high taxes, regulations discourage higher-paying jobs....
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Monday, March 19, 2018 |
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Grassroot: Bond plan for rail a bad sign for taxpayers, would violate city ordinance
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:16 PM :: 5695 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...Caldwell’s plan to use $44 million in bond debt is an ill-founded, potentially illegal attempt to payoff administrative costs related to the construction of the over-budget, behind-schedule Honolulu rail system....
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Friday, March 16, 2018 |
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How the ‘Trump Tax’ affects Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:14 PM :: 3793 Views :: Taxes
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...Thu, March 29, 2018 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM HST....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Why economic freedom matters to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:59 PM :: 6986 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...José Torra, an economist and research director for Caminos de la Libertad in Mexico City....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5675 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii bail system victimizes taxpayers, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:38 PM :: 6192 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...government inefficiency is resulting in excessively high costs to Hawaii taxpayers....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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Wage floor great for robots
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:57 AM :: 4785 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...it’s not a living wage if you’ve been replaced by a robot....
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Friday, January 19, 2018 |
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Stacks of rules for renters
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:40 PM :: 4740 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...award-winning cartoonist and illustrator David Swann....
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Monday, January 8, 2018 |
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Red tape tally long overdue
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:46 PM :: 4826 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...It is commonly said that Hawaii has too many government regulations, but how many regulations are there exactly?....
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018 |
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Maui hospitals point the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 AM :: 8234 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...the state should consider privatizing more of its medical facilities....
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Friday, December 29, 2017 |
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Federal tax plan exposes Hawaii’s high taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:36 PM :: 4423 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...this could make Hawaii and other high-tax states less competitive for their wealthiest earners, since those residents will be less able to deduct the high local taxes....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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State pension woes raise specter of county bankruptcies
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:15 PM :: 9392 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Taxes
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...Hokama also asked Thom Williams, executive director of the ERS, if the debt would still be owed if the county went bankrupt....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Bureaucracy thwarts state modernization
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:07 PM :: 5823 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Hawaii’s entrenched state and county bureaucracies delaying the advance of high technology into their own operations....
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Thursday, December 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii among worst states for economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:17 AM :: 5293 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The 2017 Economic Freedom of North America report helps explain why life is tough in the Aloha State....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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'Certificate of need’ laws are certifiably unnecessary
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:23 PM :: 5438 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... no politician would want to get caught saying they supported limiting the number of hospitals, dialysis facilities or MRI machines for rural areas. And yet, that’s exactly what Hawaii's legislature has done ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Hawaii doesn’t need ‘certificate of need’ laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 5688 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...the median wait time for treatment in the Queen’s Medical Center ER is about six hours and 20 minutes....
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Monday, November 6, 2017 |
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Bottleneckers in Hawaii: How licensing laws make it harder to get a job
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:09 PM :: 3135 Views
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...A national Institute for Justice (IJ) study says they are the most burdensome in the nation, covering more than 40 occupations in which residents must acquire the state’s permission before being allowed to work....
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 |
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Video: ERS not out of woods yet
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:08 PM :: 4755 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Featuring: Thom Williams, Executive director, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 29, 2017 |
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Tax Conference 2017: Hawaii’s Taxes, from the Outside Looking In
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 AM :: 5261 Views :: Taxes
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Hawaii’s tax and public pension systems will be put under the microscope at a series of three free panel discussions hosted by Hawaii Rep. Andria Tupola, on Thursday, Nov. 2....
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017 |
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Rail Plan B: FTA Contradicts Caldwell
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:09 AM :: 5800 Views :: Rail
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...At no point did the FTA reject a “Plan B” option....
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Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Government is making a mess of Honolulu's Kakaako Waterfront Park
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:40 AM :: 5312 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...There likely are plenty of groups around Hawaii that would be willing to manage Kakaako Waterfront Park instead of the state. Why not give them a try?....
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Saturday, October 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii politicians missing the boat on Jones Act reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:13 PM :: 5328 Views :: Jones Act
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...It isn't often that a supposedly controversial political issue builds to an overwhelming consensus among Hawaii citizens — especially when that consensus is in direct opposition to the official position of the state's Democratic Party....
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Thursday, October 5, 2017 |
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Cost of Living: Honolulu adjusted salaries lowest in USA
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:39 PM :: 6554 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu’s adjusted salaries are the lowest in the country, more than $7,000 below the next lowest, Tucson, AZ....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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White House waives Jones Act for Puerto Rico -- For Just 10 Days
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:16 AM :: 5864 Views :: Jones Act
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...Puerto Rico needs more than temporary Jones Act waiver...the Jones Act had been significantly hindering essential relief efforts to the millions of hurricane victims on the island....
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Thursday, September 14, 2017 |
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Council yanks ‘forensic’ from rail audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:51 PM :: 5795 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...the Honolulu City Council unanimously approved Resolution 17-199 to audit the rail for financial cost overruns, but watered down language that would’ve made the audit “forensic.”....
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Sunday, September 10, 2017 |
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How to fix health care in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 PM :: 4624 Views :: Health Care
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...foster greater competition among doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurance companies, by simplifying the regulatory environment....
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