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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 |
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Oahu, Maui Events: New Directions in Education
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:49 AM :: 5838 Views :: Education K-12
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...Students in Hawaii have few options when it comes to school choice....
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Friday, August 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii misses the bitcoin boom
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 6835 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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....Since then, the price of bitcoin has catapulted to over $4,000 per bitcoin, up from $1,000....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Investigate Rail Fraud, Waste, Abuse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 4756 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“What is needed is a full, independent forensic audit of the project, to identify the reason — or reasons — for its significant cost overruns and missed deadlines...."
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Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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No need for special session this summer
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 5900 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the immediate cash flow problems have been solved for the most part by the Honolulu City Council, which authorized the sale of $350 million in bonds to help bail out the project....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Rail: ‘Special audit possibly coming down the line’
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:00 AM :: 5315 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Cliff Slater told the HART board that “everything should come up on the table, as John Henry Felix is calling for.”....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 5179 Views :: Health Care
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...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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Maui Event Features Peggy Grande, confidant to President Ronald Reagan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 AM :: 4132 Views :: Republican Party
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...Peggy will share her behind-the-scenes stories and insights about Ronald Reagan’s final years....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Special Session Should Order Rail Audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:48 AM :: 5053 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...VIDEO: Grassroot Institute writer discusses audit of rail fiasco....
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Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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How to Lower the Cost of Health Care and Bring Doctors Back to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6000 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Presentation featuring Dr. Kyle Varner, former Hawaii physician....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
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Floating rail bonds could sink city credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 3902 Views :: Rail
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...rail leaders want to put $350 million on the city’s “credit card” to fund the project....
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Friday, July 7, 2017 |
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HART board chokes on forensic audit
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:36 AM :: 5852 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“It’s not my intent to muck around in the past.”
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
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Honolulu rail clearly a fiasco
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 AM :: 5420 Views :: Rail
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...things could have turned out differently....
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 |
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Honolulu rail project most expensive in the world
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:25 PM :: 6343 Views :: Rail
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...there has never been a full independent audit investigating the rail for fraud, waste and abuse....
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Panos: Statewide Surface Transportation Challenges and Opportunities
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:05 PM :: 5370 Views :: Maui County, Rail
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Stuck in traffic? Panos Prevedouros will share traffic solutions that will free up our state's gridlock and get traffic flowing again....
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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State Labor Negotiators partly to blame for counties’ tax hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:57 AM :: 5362 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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...negotiations with the public employee unions take place mostly at the state level, but the counties nevertheless are on the hook....
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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No Jones Act Tankers to Carry LNG
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5844 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...Currently no Jones Act-eligible tankers are capable of carrying LNG....
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Saturday, June 3, 2017 |
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VIDEO: The Right to Home Share in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 5905 Views :: Small Business
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...Airbnb and other home-sharing applications are regulated by market demands for safety and quality, most notably, by star ratings....
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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HB209: Tax credit to help poor really helps politicians
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:45 AM :: 6868 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...state lawmakers mostly would just be raising taxes on the rich and giving it to themselves....
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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The case for short-term rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:37 AM :: 6890 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....
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Saturday, May 13, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute video goes viral
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:29 AM :: 4938 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii reached almost half a million people in just six days with a video about how locals are fleeing Hawaii’s high taxes and cost of living....
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Saturday, May 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii taxpayers about to get railroaded?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:24 AM :: 4932 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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But signs in the media, the Legislature and the governor’s office all point to a special session this summer where the tax hikes are likely to materialize....
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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The Right to Couch Surf: Home-sharing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:13 PM :: 4517 Views :: Tourism
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It's easier than ever before to rent space in your house, but a movement to crack down on home-sharing may threaten this new and evolving industry....
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Monday, May 8, 2017 |
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The Jones Act and other regulations have buried the shipping industry
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 4271 Views :: Jones Act
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Today, the U.S. has fewer shipyards than any time in the recent past. Between 2006 and 2011, the Jones Act-eligible fleet shrank by over 17 percent....
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
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Union salary hikes include hidden costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:09 AM :: 5232 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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That’s because when government salaries increase, so do pension promises....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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Are local families fleeing Hawaii taxes?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:37 PM :: 6336 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...the phenomenon of locals leaving Hawaii to live on the mainland has been increasing significantly in recent years....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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State not exempt from family budgeting principles
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:30 PM :: 4616 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Most families in Hawaii know that they shouldn’t spend more money than they have. But somehow, Hawaii legislators haven’t gotten the message....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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US should rethink migrant aid in West Pacific
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:26 PM :: 4057 Views :: National News
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As comprehensive policy failures go, COFA may be the best-kept secret in Washington, D.C....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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The Hill: How the Jones Act drives up the cost of food and gasoline for millions of Americans
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:08 PM :: 5319 Views :: Jones Act
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...the Jones Act is not just a Hawaii problem — it’s a national problem....
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Friday, April 14, 2017 |
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How to Change the Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:05 PM :: 4284 Views :: Jones Act
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At nearly 100 years old, it is still able to defeat reform efforts … despite a mountain of evidence that it cripples the economy, fails to achieve its aims and is badly in need of modernization....
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Monday, April 10, 2017 |
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Research surveys Jones Act costs and effects
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:19 PM :: 5349 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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...Jones Act distorts U.S. economy, endangers military....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Time for change at Hawaii’s airports
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:12 PM :: 74830 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tourism
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For Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the problems at Hawaii’s airports are just a matter of not enough kumbaya....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Good Citizen or "Vexatious Requester"?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 6375 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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When first introduced, HB1518 put forth a very worrisome proposal....
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Friday, March 31, 2017 |
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Hawaii lawmakers barreling toward $1 billion spending increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 5314 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Hawaii lawmakers would like us to believe that they are cutting the state budget in the current legislative session, but it’s not true....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Doubling Hawaii’s Food Production?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 4811 Views :: Agriculture
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...The Governor did, at least, stop short of calling it his “Five Year Plan”....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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How to fix Hawaii’s pension problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:29 PM :: 5231 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii’s public pension system has been operating like a Ponzi scheme....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Study: Ige's Budget Runs Out of Money in Two Years
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 AM :: 4088 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige’s current budget overspends by $292 million next year....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute Urges Caution in Light of New Revenue Projection
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 4906 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Watchdog Group Says State Budget Must be Reevaluated....
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
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What you can do to help contain taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:05 PM :: 3652 Views :: Taxes
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... the Honolulu Star-Advertiser noted with apparent alarm the “uncommonly heavy load of tax proposals still moving through both state Capitol chambers” ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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New Study Details Driving Forces of Hawaii's Unfunded Liability Crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:54 PM :: 6788 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Unsustainable government salaries and pensions are worsening the crisis....
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Saturday, February 25, 2017 |
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62% Hike in Minimum Wage Hike Will Hit Consumers, Small Business Hard
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 6732 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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SB107 would raise the minimum wage 62% from $9.25 / hour ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Local business owners speak out about the minimum wage
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:17 PM :: 5483 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...if the minimum wage was increased, many grocery stores today would simply replace workers with automated tablets....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Governor Ige’s ‘cuts’ still result in big spending increases
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:01 PM :: 4321 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige announced that he would cut $220 million from his current spending plan. However, the ‘cuts’ are only reductions in proposed spending increases....
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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The Cost of Public Employment
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:52 PM :: 4853 Views :: Labor
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“Plunder! How public employee unions are raiding treasuries, controlling our lives and bankrupting the nation”
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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How to give teachers a pay raise … without raising taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:08 PM :: 6069 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...$9,450 a year more without spending a penny....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 |
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Trump Confusing Both Liberals and Conservatives
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:45 PM :: 4142 Views :: National News
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Keli'i Akina and Andy Blom share Grassroot insights from Hawaii and DC....
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 |
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County Employees in Hawaii make double what private sector workers make
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:14 PM :: 6528 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Honolulu County workers make more than neighbor island workers....
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Monday, February 6, 2017 |
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Hawaii government growing faster than private sector
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 PM :: 5119 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Don’t mug taxpayers to pay for Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 AM :: 4023 Views :: Taxes
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...give everybody a pay raise--by cutting taxes....
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