Entries for 'Grassroot Institute'

... The Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils have been chock full of measures lately ....

... beekeepers on the island "have been working on this bill for almost seven years" ....

... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....

... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....

“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”

... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....

... preserving property rights, lifting onerous regulations, pushing back against proposals that could negatively impact local residents, and supporting efforts to rebuild after the devastating Maui wildfires ....

... the current draft of Bill 64 would harm Oahu’s small farmers and beekeepers, worsen the island’s food security and discourage entrepreneurship ....

... The surcharge would be equal to 1% of the property’s assessed value for the first year the tax is in effect, 2% for the second year and 3% for all tax years thereafter ....

... “probably the single largest challenge” for many of the Lahaina property owners is obtaining special management area permits ....

... Honolulu lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict beekeeping ....

... Kauai Bill 2919 would allow one guest house per dwelling unit in most of the county’s residential districts and commercial, agriculture, open and university districts ....

... a flurry of bills related to housing and other important issues being considered by the county councils ....

... After three years of nonpayment, the city would be allowed to seize the property ....

... the U.S. Navy disclosed that shipping to Guam was so expensive that it was considering shifting personnel to Japan to save money ....

... regulations and fees that could be removed or waived to more quickly help displaced residents ....

... Honolulu City Council's zoning committee approves doing away with affidavits needed to build homes or other structures ....

... contributing to the exodus of lower-income residents from Hawaii ....

... HB2025, a historic state income tax cut that will save taxpayers billions of dollars in coming years ....

... Waive street improvement costs for rebuilding in fire zones ....

... Hawaii state legislators voted unanimously to enact a historic tax cut that will save taxpayers more than $5 billion over the next six years ....

" ... The main value of the edicts so far has been to focus attention on barriers to homebuilding and prompt positive legislative action .... "

"...Ships can't crash into bridges if there aren't any ships...."

... Grassroot says the two laws are no longer relevant, and they hope the Council will continue to target outdated laws ....

... Gov. Josh Green signs a bill prohibiting the governor or mayors from suspending electronic transmissions during emergencies ....

"...if you really want things to change substantially, you gotta let the private sector do it, not the county be a developer, not the state be a developer....”

... the effect this measure might have on existing STR operators, small businesses and the broader Hawaii Island economy ....

... The governor signs a Grassroot-backed bill that lets home cooks sell their products online, by mail and through third parties ....

... Hawaii Island lawmakers consider more liberal beekeeping rules while Honolulu County lawmakers ponder making them tougher ....

... another victory for greater healthcare freedom in Hawaii ....

In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....

... 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 ....

... The county cannot ignore the constitutional rights of Maui property owners in its race to address its housing problems ....

... 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 ....

... The Leeward Planning Commission voted favorably on a bill that would make it easier for beekeepers to expand their businesses ....

... Almost every day, there are articles and studies being published that illustrate why this protectionist maritime law needs to be updated ....

“...Increasing the maximum value of the credit is a good idea because it would offset some of the effects of increased assessments...."

... 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 ....

... Despite the bill's timidity, passage of the bill was still a welcome move .... 

... four of the districts have no representation, which could raise questions about fairness over any recommendations the planning body might make ....

... Akina said HB2404 will incrementally provide Hawaii taxpayers with the biggest income tax cut in state history ....

... It was mostly a good year for Hawaii at the 2024 Legislature, and policy experts from Grassroot will explain how that came to be ....

... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....

... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....

... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....

... 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 ....

... 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 ....

... The plan will have its first hearing on June 25 before the Maui Planning Commission ....

... Most of the targeted savings would come from the operating budget of the city’s Department of Information Technology ....

"What would you do to rescind or revise the Jones Act?”