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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Update development standards to allow more apartment housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:54 PM :: 244 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... if Honolulu were to revise upward all the other development standards as well — the minimum setbacks, the height limits, the maximum lot coverage and minimum lot widths and depths — the number of newly legal units could skyrocket ....
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |
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Maui TVR phase-out plan unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:01 PM :: 654 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The county cannot ignore the constitutional rights of Maui property owners in its race to address its housing problems ....
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |
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Maui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goal
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:45 PM :: 344 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... virtually all local economists realize the main cause of Hawaii’s housing crisis is the state’s extremely high number of land-use and other housing-related regulations that have hindered homebuilding ....
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Sunday, June 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii County moves toward greater freedom for beekeepers
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 352 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Small Business
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... The Leeward Planning Commission voted favorably on a bill that would make it easier for beekeepers to expand their businesses ....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |
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Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:12 AM :: 1232 Views :: Jones Act
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... Almost every day, there are articles and studies being published that illustrate why this protectionist maritime law needs to be updated ....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |
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Maui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:48 AM :: 349 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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“...Increasing the maximum value of the credit is a good idea because it would offset some of the effects of increased assessments...."
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Friday, June 14, 2024 |
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‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:53 AM :: 624 Views :: Development, Taxes
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... a household making the median income in Hawaii of around $91,000 that currently owes about $5,300 in income taxes will incrementally see that amount owed go down to $1,600 by 2031 ....
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Saturday, June 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii County Council follows through on proposal to cut homeowner taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 PM :: 573 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Taxes
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... Despite the bill's timidity, passage of the bill was still a welcome move ....
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Saturday, June 8, 2024 |
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Charter Amendment another obstacle to Maui mayor's TVR phase-out plan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 547 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... four of the districts have no representation, which could raise questions about fairness over any recommendations the planning body might make ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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"Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:26 PM :: 2522 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Akina said HB2404 will incrementally provide Hawaii taxpayers with the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Kauai: Grassroot Legislative Wrapup
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 805 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... It was mostly a good year for Hawaii at the 2024 Legislature, and policy experts from Grassroot will explain how that came to be ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 929 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:46 PM :: 915 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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Bills that will ‘truly help the people of Hawaii’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 841 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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HB2404 Tax Cut 'the biggest news of the season'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 677 Views :: Taxes
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... HB2404 will lower the state income tax burden for average families by almost 70% by 2031 and save taxpayers roughly $5 billion during that same period ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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Jones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about China
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 PM :: 897 Views :: Jones Act
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... Carriers such as Matson and Pasha say the Jones Act is a “line of defense” against China, yet are happy to do business with China when it suits them ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Plan to ban thousands of TVRs on Maui has rocky road ahead
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 PM :: 2322 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism
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... The plan will have its first hearing on June 25 before the Maui Planning Commission ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Honolulu cuts budget by $40M; Grassroot says ‘keep going’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 PM :: 968 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... Most of the targeted savings would come from the operating budget of the city’s Department of Information Technology ....
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Friday, May 17, 2024 |
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Guam Congressional candidates united for Jones Act reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:52 PM :: 1061 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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"What would you do to rescind or revise the Jones Act?”
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Friday, May 17, 2024 |
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Tupola Proposal Lowest TVR Property Taxes for 2025
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:16 AM :: 1138 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... Resolution 24-61 would set the property tax rates for fiscal year 2025 ....
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Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
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Tax cut great. Now let’s cut regulations.
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:31 PM :: 991 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... there is still plenty of work to be done to reduce the cost of living in Hawaii ....
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Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
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Akina lauds Legislature’s Lahaina-response spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:08 PM :: 1051 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... legislators earmark $1 billion to cover costs such as emergency housing and rental assistance ....
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Fairness one reason to expand GET break for medical services
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:29 AM :: 1180 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... nonprofit hospitals are exempt from the GET, but small physician practices and clinics are not ....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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Property tax hikes wrong way to rebuild Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:53 PM :: 1418 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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... rate would increase by 82% for B&Bs worth $3 million or more ....
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Monday, May 6, 2024 |
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Let People Make Mistakes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 1281 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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... harm to society is minimized if individuals are responsible for the own actions ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:31 PM :: 1685 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... Get inside scoop at upcoming events on how good bills managed to prevail ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Bill 85: Update Maui’s ‘circuit breaker’ property tax credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:16 AM :: 1260 Views :: Maui County, Tax Credits
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... Maui’s circuit breaker offers relief to people who own and live in their homes and have filed for property tax homeowner exemptions ....
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Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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‘Spontaneous order’ hailed as best way for societies to thrive
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 1101 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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... “spontaneous order” — the myriad interactions that occur among individuals who are free to make voluntary decisions ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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CNBC report notes how Jones Act leads to higher Matson shipping prices
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:54 PM :: 1383 Views :: Jones Act
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... Higher prices for smaller U.S.-built ships is a losing combination for captive consumers in Hawaii and throughout the nation ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Bill 152 pre-approved multi-family designs would speed up Hawaii Island housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:25 AM :: 921 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... allow the Hawaii County Department of Public Works to issue pre-approved model plans for multi-family housing — as it already does for single-family dwellings ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
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Maui Property Tax Resolution Full of Blank Numbers
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 1282 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Resolution 24-78 would set property tax rates for the coming year ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
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Maui budget full of tax hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:18 PM :: 1084 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... County officials are seeking significant property tax increases while doing virtually nothing to cut spending or spend wisely ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Property tax hikes wrong medicine for Maui woes
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:24 PM :: 1204 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Tax hikes would burden average Maui homeowners the most ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Insurance ‘stabilization’ bill would spread pain to everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:57 PM :: 1317 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“...if you look through the bill, it’s a bunch of blank spaces. It says conveyance taxes will increase by blank percent. Or short-term rental taxes are gonna have a blank percent tax on them....”
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii County beekeepers hope Bill 144 will open up new vistas
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:43 PM :: 1114 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Small Business
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... Hawaii County treats beehives like piggeries ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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‘Blankety-blank’ bills at Legislature leave Hawaii taxpayers in the dark
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:04 PM :: 1065 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... To address the problem, Yamachika suggested that legal action might be necessary ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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‘Surprise’ state tax last straw for veteran Hawaii bar owner?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:42 PM :: 1327 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Comerford said his 45 years of living in Hawaii and 25 years of being a business owner are likely to end due to a recent state decision to collect taxes on federal Restaurant Revitalization Funds received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Study STR economic impact before banning them
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:34 PM :: 2031 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Will Hawaii ever have a ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 1124 Views :: Taxes
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... TABOR, a constitutional amendment approved by Colorado voters in 1992, limits the growth of government by limiting tax increases ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Road to rebuilding Lahaina paved with obstructions
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:40 PM :: 1421 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... regulations and objections by various special interests ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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Crucial housing, healthcare bills still very much alive at Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 PM :: 1497 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... The bills would enable starter homes, widen mixed-use housing, attract nurses to Hawaii and exempt doctors from the state GET ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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The impressive journey of ‘Jonathan Gullible’
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 1485 Views :: Education K-12
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“The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey”
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Council resolution exemplifies why we still have housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1570 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii #1 for Jaywalking Tickets
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:03 AM :: 1533 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety ....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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Jones Act reform doesn’t divide neatly along political party lines
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:59 PM :: 1465 Views :: Jones Act
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... Many political disagreements divide neatly along party lines, but the protectionist Jones Act isn’t one of them ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 1505 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... bills that could significantly ease Hawaii's emergency-status housing crisis ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Maui, land of infernal regulations
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 1822 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Development
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... the harsh limits on the allowable number of water fixtures per property could render density-increasing measures essentially meaningless ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Allowing smaller lots and homes would benefit families, promote affordability
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 1875 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....
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