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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 |
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SB715: Repeal Ethanol Mandate to be heard Thursday
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:56 PM :: 6842 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Five years ago, Hawaii passed a law requiring that gasoline sold in the state must include 10 percent ethanol. The intent was “to provide energy independence from foreign oil, reduce statewide gasoline consumption, and establish industrial plants to produce ethanol locally.”
Fast forward to today and the intention of the law is shown to be a bust -- all of Hawaii’s ethanol comes from overseas and no ethanol plants have been built here. Because of this, Sen. Mike Gabbard has introduced a bill to repeal the 10 percent ethanol requirement for gasoline sold in Hawaii.
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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HB48: Mandatory Voter Registration bill deferred
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:44 PM :: 8917 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The bill says that every qualified applicant “is required to authorize the attorney general to collect and transmit the necessary personal information required for registering the qualified applicant with the county clerk.”
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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Pension Report puts Hawaii in a Bad Moody
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:19 PM :: 9182 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Along with Massachusetts and Connecticut, Hawaii leads the country with the highest ratio of bonded debt to personal income as well as having some of the highest long-term debt as a percentage of the state gross domestic product.
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Friday, January 28, 2011 |
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Bills would spend $4B on roads, bridges
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:23 PM :: 5930 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The DOT has a bill in both the Senate (SB1131) and House (HB1531) that calls for $4 billion for a 6-year plan to provide safer and well maintained roads and bridges statewide. This is a far cry from the current $250 million funding per year the department gets to pay for the $7 billion in infrastructure and program needs it says currently exist.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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The Real State of the State: An Uncensored Look at the Fiscal Challenges Facing Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:58 PM :: 6943 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Honolulu—Today the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii released the “The Real State of the State: An Uncensored Look at the Fiscal Challenges Facing Hawaii.” Responding to Governor Neil Abercrombie’s recent “State of the State” address which only scratched the surface, this illuminating expose dives deep into the evidence and causes of the state’s financial crisis.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
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SB819 would study Mileage Fee for Hawaii Motorists
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 9495 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Thanks to the high cost of motor vehicle fuel--which in Hawaii includes the second highest gasoline taxes in the country at 63.5 cents per gallon--people have started buying alternative cars and cars which get better fuel mileage. The unintended consequence of increasing the cost of motor vehicle fuel is that there is less money going into the state coffers....
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Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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Grassroot: “Disappointed by Abercrombie’s tax increases”
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:41 PM :: 4649 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor Abercrombie referred to Hawaii as an “under-resourced and often dysfunctional democracy”. In the coming days the Grassroot Institute will release a report we call “The Real State of the State” detailing how the state government is far from under-resourced and extremely inefficient in its use of those resources.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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No Fiscal Notes: Hawaii Legislators shopping without price tags
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:59 PM :: 7657 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...The Grassroot Institute applauds the House Minority Caucus for including fiscal note legislation in its 2011 legislative package....
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
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FULL TEXT: Hawaii Pork Report finds $300M in waste, abuse, and mismanagement
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:57 PM :: 9788 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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While Hawaii’s school children are subjected to Furlough Fridays and the state faces a record shortfall, the 2010 Hawaii Pork Report reveals that bureaucrats continue to spend taxpayer dollars in questionable ways. Co-authored by Hideo Hikida, Frances Nuar, and Jamie Story, the second annual report reveals more than $300 million in waste, abuse, and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.
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