Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'

Almost immediately after the World Wide Web made its debut some folks were hard at work figuring out a way to tax it....

...property rights and the rule of law are vital to reducing poverty around the world....

Shapiro has closely examined the relationship between law and freedom....

32 states have similar exemptions, and research has demonstrated that low and middle-income families spend a larger proportion of their income on food costs....

There are about 375,000 pages of federal law and regulation in addition to the laws of each State and each city and county....

...sit in on a policy discussion with a few  of the staff and scholars of the Grassroot Institute....

... Reuters' Jack Kemp looks at the Jones Act and the national security arguments used to defend it ....

As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....

This so-called protest movement is really a new kind of ad campaign....

...“best practices” for a healthier state economy. Listen to the entire interview....

The event, called "Better Choices - Better Schools," was intended to raise awareness about how expanding educational choice can help America prosper....

Hawaii’s people successfully blocked repeated attempts to promote and create a state-sponsored, race-based nation...

“Maybe Hawaiians don’t want to be Native American Indians."

This week marked the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.....

Hawaii has long had an unfortunate tendency to attract the most extreme Mainland activists....

In this week’s Think Tech broadcast, Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Policy Director Malia Hill join host Jay Fidell ....

In a live conversation from Hong Kong, Washington D.C. and Honolulu, Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina kicks off his China-speaking tour....

Schoolland discusses the importance of economics education as a way to understand how the world works....

Today, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and the Institute for Truth in Accounting warned Hawaii citizens about our serious sad state of financial affairs....

legislative action might be required to remedy an apparent effort to frustrate state open records law....

Grassroot Institute has been spreading the word about the results of the Reason Foundation’s poll....

...listen to Dr. Akina further discuss the problem on HPR’s “The Conversation”....

Attorney Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation and Grassroot President Dr. Keli’i Akina discuss the nature of individual rights and the role of property....

In the letter, the four Commissioners stand specifically against the use of Presidential executive action as a means to enact the provisions of the Akaka Bill....

Roger Epstein, senior partner of Cades Schutte Law Firm, talks with Dr. Keli’i Akina about Hawaii as a center for global transformation....

...new study from State Budget Solutions on the funded status of public employee pension plans....

On paper it may appear Hawaii has a "low sales tax," but that is not the case....

...a special edition of “Hawaii Tomorrow” to discuss education in our islands....

An average Hawaii welfare recipient would need to earn $60,590 in pre-tax wages in order to earn the equivalent of his or her welfare benefits....

Grassroot Institute President Akina calls for strengthening system to improve employment incentive....

Dr. Keli’i Akina, Grassroot Institute president, asks former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann about his controversial decision to empty sewage from a failed pump directly into the Ala Wai Canal....

Musto discusses with Grassroot Institute’s president Keli’i Akina the similarities and differences between Detroit and Hawaii in light of Detroit’s recent declaration of bankruptcy....

Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, will speak on "Let's Work Together: Building Coalitions to Expand School Choice"....

Joe Trippi – heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” – is widely recognized as one of America’s leading and most influential political strategists....

CNN/ORC poll showed a dramatic 17-point decline in the President’s approval rating among 18-34 year-olds....

ALEC-Laffer study measures the impact of state policies in 15 key areas....

...it makes it necessary for Jacksonville, Florida, to bring in coal from Colombia rather than from American mines; it requires Maryland and Virginia to bring in road salt from Chile rather than Ohio; and it makes it cheaper for livestock farmers to buy feed from grain farmers in Argentina and Canada....

Access, in this case is defined as, “the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time.”....

 ... 2013 Hawaii Prayer Breakfast, held on April 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village ....

After nearly a year of efforts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission claim a mere 9,300 signatures....