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Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'
Sunday, September 25, 2022 |
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Bill 10: Don’t limit new multi-unit housing to just TOD areas
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 2906 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Bill 10 would update the county’s land-use regulations for agricultural, residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and other uses ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Housing crisis culprit staring us in the face
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:41 PM :: 2176 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... many people in Hawaii have for years been blaming the state’s housing crisis on “outsiders” ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Maui housing bill seriously flawed in July, and even more so now
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:13 PM :: 2096 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for ....
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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Why housing in Hawaii is expensive--Are outsiders buying up Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 AM :: 2527 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation ....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Will Hawaii's Minimum Wage Backfire?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 AM :: 1834 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii's Doctor Shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:39 AM :: 1915 Views :: Health Care
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... how bad is it and what can we do about it ....
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Monday, September 5, 2022 |
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Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 1819 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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... Will Hawaii’s candidates on the 2022 campaign trail follow through on their promises? ....
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Saturday, September 3, 2022 |
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Grassroot Institute’s ‘shocking’ new housing report
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:09 PM :: 2000 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Grassroot Institute President Keli‘i Akina says report shifts the focus from a scapegoat to policies that can actually result in more housing ....
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Monday, August 29, 2022 |
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Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:46 AM :: 1446 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....
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Saturday, August 27, 2022 |
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Do Outside Buyers Drive up Hawaii Real Estate Prices?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:33 AM :: 2328 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....
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Thursday, August 18, 2022 |
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Out-of-state buyers don't drive Hawaii home prices, report shows
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:06 AM :: 3729 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... 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 ....
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 |
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How to increase Hawaii’s healthcare capacity
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 AM :: 1702 Views :: Health Care
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... 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 ....
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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How to Ensure Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 1497 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Tired of runaway government taxes, spending and debt? Learn what we can do about it from budget expert Daniel Mitchell ....
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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It's too late for now for Hawaii, but evidence against minimum-wage hikes keeps piling up
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 1679 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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"...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....”
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Maui’s New Water Bureaucracy
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:08 PM :: 1888 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... New Regulations May Slow Homebuilding ....
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Saturday, July 30, 2022 |
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Maui: 'Yes In My Backyard'
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:16 PM :: 1934 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... how do we work with the state and counties to move in this direction ....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Why Hawaii should consider the ‘Tokyo model’ for housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:48 PM :: 2148 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... 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.” ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Biden misses opportunity to cut fuel costs via Jones Act waiver
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:49 PM :: 1780 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Even supporters of the 102-year-old federal shipping law admit that its restrictions on competition add to the cost of our fuels ....
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 |
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Maui’s sky-high home prices a ‘self-inflicted wound’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 2829 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Maui Council Bill 107 could cause homebuilders to stop building affordable homes ....
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Friday, July 15, 2022 |
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Governor comes through on ‘gut and replace’ but disappoints on emergency powers reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 AM :: 1642 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Gov. Ige vetoed HB1147, which the Legislature approved via an illegal practice, but also vetoed SB3089, which was a setback for liberty ....
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Thursday, July 7, 2022 |
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How to ‘fix’ the Jones Act?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:34 AM :: 2036 Views :: Jones Act
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"... The Jones Act increases the cost of food and virtually all other products in Hawaii and needs to be fixed ...."
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Sunday, July 3, 2022 |
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Ige right to veto bill OK’d via ‘gut and replace’
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:51 PM :: 1523 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... 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 ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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SB3089: Ige Threatens Veto of Emergency Powers Reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:26 AM :: 1594 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... SB3089 would ensure checks and balances during times of emergency ....
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Saturday, June 25, 2022 |
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Rail: Feds Urged to be Skeptical of HART 'Recovery Plan'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:43 AM :: 1885 Views :: Rail
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...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.”....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Jones Act lobby feeling the heat as calls for waivers or reform increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 PM :: 1548 Views :: Jones Act
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... 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 ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Evidence keeps rolling in against proposed minimum-wage increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 1735 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”
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Sunday, June 12, 2022 |
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Call for Jones Act reform gaining momentum
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1678 Views :: Jones Act
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... The drumbeat for Jones Act reform has been growing louder ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Want more housing? Try economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 1649 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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How to increase housing and ease homelessness in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:26 PM :: 1764 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... 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 ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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How to Make Housing Affordable in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:45 PM :: 2409 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hint: It's not because of “empty homes,” short-term rentals, “outside investors” or other distractions ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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What went down at the 2022 Hawaii Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:38 PM :: 1604 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the good, the bad and the ugly ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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Oahu’s problematic short-term rental ban
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:55 AM :: 2397 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Have you been renting out a room to help pay your mortgage? ....
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Sunday, May 22, 2022 |
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New U.S. Census Bureau data erases Hawaii’s 2010-2020 population growth
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 1684 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The U.S. Census Bureau overestimated Hawaii’s 2020 population by 6.79%, or 98,812 people, according to an internal review released this month of the 2020 census. ...
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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Gov. Ige urged to review new research before deciding on minimum-wage hike
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:56 PM :: 1713 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... A popular 2010 study claiming minimum-wage hikes do not cause ‘economic shocks’ has just been reanalyzed and overturned ....
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Friday, May 20, 2022 |
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VIDEO: 2022 Legislature still addicted to spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:17 PM :: 2401 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... praiseworthy was the passage of a bill that will limit the state’s emergency powers, if the governor lets it become law ....
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Monday, May 9, 2022 |
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COVID rules being lifted, but don’t cheer yet
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:58 PM :: 1405 Views :: COVID-19
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... these restrictions can easily be reinstated with the stroke of a pen because our state’s emergency-management law has not changed ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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Short-term rental ban will disrupt Honolulu economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 PM :: 2338 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... a new city enforcement division consisting of seven new employees whose sole duty will be to ferret out Honolulu homeowners who dare to rent out their homes or parts of their homes for less than 90 days ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Can Youth Solve Hawaii Housing Crisis?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:38 PM :: 1872 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Gen-Xers and millennials are “the most viscerally affected by the cost of housing and forced to leave the state to pursue a life elsewhere” ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022 |
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How the Jones Act transfers critical industry and jobs overseas
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 1624 Views :: Jones Act
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... with only 96 large oceangoing Jones Act-qualified ships left — down from 257 in 1980 — it is pretty clear the law has failed ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
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Swimming in money, legislators could easily add to debt burden
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:47 AM :: 2153 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... What one hand might be giving, the other might be taking away by spending money on things that could come back to haunt us ....
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Saturday, April 23, 2022 |
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‘Deliberative process’ loophole would encourage secrecy
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:44 AM :: 1626 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... a statutory exemption to Hawaii’s open records law ....
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Friday, April 8, 2022 |
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Hawaii Legislative Session: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 1735 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Numerous bills aimed at increasing our taxes have been shelved, and some good measures actually have a chance of passing ....
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Friday, April 8, 2022 |
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Hawaii Land Use Policy Designed to Keep Housing Expensive
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:06 PM :: 1837 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Research showing the need to liberalize Hawaii’s land-use and zoning laws is out there for all to see, and more is forthcoming ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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‘Empty homes’ tax resolution has good intentions, but that’s all
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:22 PM :: 1460 Views :: Taxes
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... penalizing homeowners, driving up already sky-high taxes, implementing privacy-invasive and severe enforcement measures and providing little to benefit to residents in need of affordable housing ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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Minimum Wage Hike a good way to put more people out of work
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:16 PM :: 1352 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... HB2510 HD2 SD1 that proposes increasing Hawaii’s mandatory minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026 while reducing the tip credit to zero over the same period ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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How the Jones Act helps thwart ‘Buy American’ policy
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:55 PM :: 1700 Views :: Jones Act
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... pathways to policy failure ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 |
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SB2695 SD2 HD1 a needless delay tactic for cryptocurrency
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:49 PM :: 1425 Views :: Small Business
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... This requirement has made it nearly impossible for cryptocurrency companies to do business in Hawaii ....
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