Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'

... “Konno” has a provision that has an exemption for special or unique services that are essential to the public and cannot be filled by civil servants ....

... A proposed certification scheme for community health workers would burden the workers and raise prices for everyone, according to a new report by Hawaii Office of the State Auditor ....

... if your state is on a navigable river or an external coast you have been missing out on massive amounts of economic activity for decades ....

... a warning letter Kugle sent Oct. 21 to Honolulu officials about how they should be cautious that their publicized intent to 'aggressively' enforce the law doesn’t violate the judge’s order ....

“If we exempted medical care from the general excise tax it would save doctors and patients more than $200 million [a year]. And that would help keep doctors in our state, rather than having to flee the state to earn money elsewhere...."

... the new ordinance is likely to do more harm than good by discouraging more homebuilding ....

... the petition, which can be viewed here, calls on lawmakers to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....

... Hawaii doesn’t have any more or less corruption than any other part of the country, but it does lack whistleblowers and introspection, which makes combating corruption so difficult ....

... the Jones Act recently hindered Puerto Rico’s ability to receive supplies quickly after being hit by yet another hurricane; and the 102-year-old shipping law also threatens to skyrocket energy costs ....

... nearly half of my cousins had already left ....

... In just two days, 48 seconds of PA James Winkler talking about the lack of doctors on Kauai has logged almost 610,000 views ....

... the United States was less free in 2020 than it was in 2019 ....

... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has launched a petition urging the Hawaii Legislature to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....

... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....

... Video of presentation at Hawaii Pacific University ....

... The U.S. territory is again facing a humanitarian crisis after being hit by Hurricane Fiona, but the 1920 federal law is hindering outside assistance ....

... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is working with experts around the country to create a better Hawaii ....

... the primary causes of Hawaii's high housing prices are extensive land-use, zoning and other homebuilding-related regulations ....

... Hawaii residents are leaving the state in droves because the cost of living is too high .... 

... Bill 10 would update the county’s land-use regulations for agricultural, residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and other uses ....

... many people in Hawaii have for years been blaming the state’s housing crisis on “outsiders” ....

... An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for ....

... Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation ....

... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....

... how bad is it and what can we do about it ....

... Will Hawaii’s candidates on the 2022 campaign trail follow through on their promises? ....

... Grassroot Institute President Keli‘i Akina says report shifts the focus from a scapegoat to policies that can actually result in more housing ....

... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....

... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....

... A pathbreaking analysis of nationwide data dispels the popular belief that out-of-state home buyers are the cause of the state's housing woes ....

... the state has a critical shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, the fewest hospital beds per capita in the U.S., and the 10th longest emergency room wait lines ....

... The housing situation on Maui is the worst in the state ....

... Tired of runaway government taxes, spending and debt?  Learn what we can do about it from budget expert Daniel Mitchell ....

"...as firms reorganize their production in response to the higher minimum, they start substituting away from these workers on whom the minimum wage binds and towards those on whom it does not....”

... New Regulations May Slow Homebuilding ....

... how do we work with the state and counties to move in this direction ....

... Hawaii’s zoning, land-use and other homebuilding restrictions have led to Hawaii having “one of the worst housing markets in the country, and even internationally.” ....

... Even supporters of the 102-year-old federal shipping law admit that its restrictions on competition add to the cost of our fuels ....

... Maui Council Bill 107 could cause homebuilders to stop building affordable homes ....

... Gov. Ige vetoed HB1147, which the Legislature approved via an illegal practice, but also vetoed SB3089, which was a setback for liberty ....

"... The Jones Act increases the cost of food and virtually all other products in Hawaii and needs to be fixed ...."

... HB 1147 originally started out as a capital improvements project bill in 2021, but this year lawmakers removed the projects and replaced them with operating appropriations for HTA ....

... SB3089 would ensure checks and balances during times of emergency ....

...HART’s new plan appears to contain “overly optimistic assumptions about revenues, ridership and costs, and this could saddle local taxpayers with unstated liabilities in the future.”....

... no-holds-barred ....

... A confluence of events both in Hawaii and nationwide has led to a growing chorus of voices calling for either waivers from or reform of the federal maritime law known as the Jones Act ....

“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”

... The drumbeat for Jones Act reform has been growing louder ....

... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....

... six major layers of housing regulation: the state Land Use Commission, county plans, community plans, county zoning, special management area permitting and the historic districts ....