Entries for 'Keli'i Akina PhD'

...Whenever OHA considers committing substantial trust resources to a business venture, trustees should ask basic questions....

...why are these long-haul movements missing from MARAD’s totals?....

... Auckland issued 112,000 permits for new dwellings in the six years after the sweeping reforms were enacted ....

...Grassroot’s 25th Anniversary Gala last week celebrated with nearly 400 supporters, staff and their family and friends who connect with our mission....

...Hawaiʻi has long struggled with low voter turnout. Does that mean most people are satisfied with their government and the decisions made by elected officials?...

... 25 years ago Hawaii needed a champion for the free market and individual rights ....

...many state and county laws unintentionally make it extremely difficult for people to rebuild their homes, businesses and places of worship after natural disasters....

... remember 2010, when residents were outraged that construction costs were expected to blow past a mere $5.5 billion? ....

... so far only about 220 houses have been restored, and the status of non-residential rebuilds is even more bleak ....

"I was pleased with the judge’s affirmation that trustees retain the right to voice differing views in matters affecting the agency and its beneficiaries."

...The first person to ask whether I would ever consider becoming an OHA trustee was Oswald Stender....

... Hawaii and California differ greatly in many ways, but they have plenty in common — including great weather and notoriously bad permitting systems ....

... the Commission ultimately rejected putting the issue on the ballot ....

... How do we honestly measure the American dream? ....

... Hawaii’s business climate is getting worse, not better ....

... two measures proposed by Grassroot to advance agricultural development in Hawaii have become law ....

...Former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly has spent his career in uniform, in the courtroom, and in government....

... Happy Independence Day! ....

... the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the 1840 Constitution and Declaration of Rights of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kamehameha III ....

... A new Hawaii law intended to curtail political spending by corporations and other wealthy entities won’t achieve its goal and will ultimately suppress the right to free speech of even the people who supported it ....