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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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How State Government fanned flames of volcano disaster
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:45 PM :: 13315 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 :: 4169 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 :: 3250 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 :: 5343 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 :: 6169 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 :: 5778 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 :: 3844 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 :: 7094 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 :: 5749 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 :: 6271 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 :: 4859 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 :: 4803 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 :: 4892 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 :: 8372 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 :: 4480 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 :: 9506 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 :: 5910 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 :: 5354 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 :: 5541 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 :: 5792 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 :: 3187 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 :: 4832 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 :: 5319 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 :: 5872 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 :: 5389 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 :: 5402 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 :: 6633 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 :: 5943 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 :: 5869 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 :: 4687 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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Saturday, September 9, 2017 |
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U.S. waives Jones Act before Hurricane Irma hits
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:18 PM :: 4405 Views :: Jones Act
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...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii praises waiver to help hurricane victims....
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute Testifies on Jones Act in Washington, DC
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 AM :: 5350 Views :: Jones Act
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...President Keli'i Akina Discusses Act’s Economic Impact, Reform at SBA Hearing....
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Thursday, August 24, 2017 |
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Postpone tax talk until after rail audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:44 PM :: 3799 Views :: Taxes
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...there is, in fact, another feasible option: no tax increases at all....
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017 |
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Oahu, Maui Events: New Directions in Education
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:49 AM :: 5924 Views :: Education K-12
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...Students in Hawaii have few options when it comes to school choice....
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Friday, August 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii misses the bitcoin boom
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 6928 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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....Since then, the price of bitcoin has catapulted to over $4,000 per bitcoin, up from $1,000....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Investigate Rail Fraud, Waste, Abuse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 4845 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“What is needed is a full, independent forensic audit of the project, to identify the reason — or reasons — for its significant cost overruns and missed deadlines...."
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Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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No need for special session this summer
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 5984 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the immediate cash flow problems have been solved for the most part by the Honolulu City Council, which authorized the sale of $350 million in bonds to help bail out the project....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Rail: ‘Special audit possibly coming down the line’
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:00 AM :: 5401 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Cliff Slater told the HART board that “everything should come up on the table, as John Henry Felix is calling for.”....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 5245 Views :: Health Care
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...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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Maui Event Features Peggy Grande, confidant to President Ronald Reagan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 AM :: 4205 Views :: Republican Party
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...Peggy will share her behind-the-scenes stories and insights about Ronald Reagan’s final years....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Special Session Should Order Rail Audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:48 AM :: 5137 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...VIDEO: Grassroot Institute writer discusses audit of rail fiasco....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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How to Lower the Cost of Health Care and Bring Doctors Back to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6090 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Presentation featuring Dr. Kyle Varner, former Hawaii physician....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
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Floating rail bonds could sink city credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 3976 Views :: Rail
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...rail leaders want to put $350 million on the city’s “credit card” to fund the project....
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Friday, July 7, 2017 |
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HART board chokes on forensic audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:36 AM :: 5967 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“It’s not my intent to muck around in the past.”
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
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Honolulu rail clearly a fiasco
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 AM :: 5562 Views :: Rail
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...things could have turned out differently....
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 |
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Honolulu rail project most expensive in the world
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:25 PM :: 6424 Views :: Rail
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...there has never been a full independent audit investigating the rail for fraud, waste and abuse....
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Panos: Statewide Surface Transportation Challenges and Opportunities
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:05 PM :: 5464 Views :: Maui County, Rail
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Stuck in traffic? Panos Prevedouros will share traffic solutions that will free up our state's gridlock and get traffic flowing again....
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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State Labor Negotiators partly to blame for counties’ tax hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:57 AM :: 5449 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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...negotiations with the public employee unions take place mostly at the state level, but the counties nevertheless are on the hook....
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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No Jones Act Tankers to Carry LNG
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5928 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...Currently no Jones Act-eligible tankers are capable of carrying LNG....
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Saturday, June 3, 2017 |
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VIDEO: The Right to Home Share in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 6007 Views :: Small Business
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...Airbnb and other home-sharing applications are regulated by market demands for safety and quality, most notably, by star ratings....
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