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Entries for 'Keli'i Akina PhD'
Thursday, July 25, 2024 |
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Hawaii to Become one of the best states in terms of income tax?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:50 PM :: 234 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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“ ... Hawaii goes from being the second worst to one of the best states in terms of taxation .... ”
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Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
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Rebuilding Lahaina: A breath of fresh air
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:05 PM :: 308 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... All of these bills show that the Maui Council is making progress toward helping county residents find housing and rebuild their lives and businesses ....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:42 PM :: 336 Views :: Economy
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... a scholarly contradiction of the myth that population growth must lead to scarcity ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Tax relief in Hawaii isn’t just affordable, it’s vital
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:43 PM :: 373 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii Council of Revenues recently estimated it expects state tax revenues to total about $9.5 billion this year ....
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 |
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Hawaii's chance to expand housing freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:55 PM :: 584 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... severe restrictions on homebuilding have resulted in too few homes and some of the nation’s highest housing prices ....
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Freedom in Hawaii is having a moment
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 AM :: 707 Views :: Development, Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... This year our freedoms were expanded with the passage by our state lawmakers of important legislation. Those expansions covered taxes, housing and healthcare ....
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Sunday, June 23, 2024 |
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Your Input Inspires Us
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:51 AM :: 531 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... we don’t know what we don’t know ....
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Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
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Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:24 PM :: 683 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Hawaii taxpayers are expected to save about $1.2 billion in 2030 ....
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 |
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Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideas
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 526 Views :: Development, Taxes
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... staffers from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii in attendance at Gov. Josh Green's recent bill-signing ceremonies for historic tax cuts and housing reform ....
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Friday, June 7, 2024 |
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Blue Hawaii takes the plunge on tax cuts
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:01 PM :: 697 Views :: Taxes
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... In a deep-blue bastion where seldom is heard a peep of pushback against tax hikes, Hawaii legislators surprised everybody last month by unanimously approving a bill that is being heralded as the biggest tax cut in state history ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Keeping more of your own money is a good thing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:26 AM :: 1195 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... passing the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Targeting scapegoats affects us all
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:21 AM :: 774 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:48 AM :: 972 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... This year, the Legislature finally listened to their pleas and passed SB1035 ....
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Saturday, May 11, 2024 |
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Defeating Bad Bills Also a Form of Winning
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:31 PM :: 1537 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... helping to defeat many measures that would have harmed Hawaii’s economy and added to our already high cost of living ....
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Akina lauds legislative gains, but Hamada has reservations
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 AM :: 1405 Views :: Taxes
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... Akina said “the tax cuts are gonna be huge in terms of keeping money in the pockets of people starting next year” ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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Legislature comes through big time
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:00 AM :: 1692 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The best news to come out of it was that our lawmakers passed a major income tax-relief bill, HB2404, which Gov. Josh Green is almost certain to sign because it was part of his much-touted "Green Affordability Plan." ....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:56 PM :: 1489 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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“I am concerned that the amicus brief will be perceived as an attempt by OHA to evade accountability to state ethics laws and oversight. Courts have ruled that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a state agency whose leadership and employees are subject to the standards of conduct and behavior expected of all state personnel.” --- OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Legislature on Brink of Advancing Brighter Future
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:24 PM :: 1425 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... at least five bills strongly supported by my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii were passed out of conference committees and now will go for final votes at the House and Senate floor sessions ....
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
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OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina Files for Re-election
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:23 PM :: 1219 Views :: OHA
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... All registered voters in Hawaii are eligible to vote for OHA Trustees ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
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Let’s end embarrassing tax on medical services
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:26 PM :: 1264 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... the GET makes practicing in Hawaii so financially challenging, causing many Hawaii doctors to retire or move away ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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PLA? State keeps piling on rules that increase Hawaii’s cost of living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:20 PM :: 1487 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s $1.5 million PLA threshold is now the lowest in the nation ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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A tax proposal I actually like
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:33 PM :: 1526 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the state’s estate or “death” tax can force their heirs of local businesses to sell off the assets of their companies ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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How to Nurse Hawaii Back to Good Health
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:59 PM :: 1232 Views :: Health Care
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... State lawmakers took an important first step last year by passing legislation that allowed Hawaii to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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How to revive Hawaii’s downtown centers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:59 AM :: 1445 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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How OHA Affects All People
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 1478 Views :: OHA
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"Our decisions impact virtually every area of life on the islands."
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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A hard look at the root causes of the exodus
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:33 AM :: 1904 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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...When government is finally saying it is the problem, it’s on the right track to finding a solution....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Cost of NIMBYism way too high
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:58 PM :: 1903 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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Lets Cut Jaywalkers Some Slack
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:58 AM :: 1621 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... a bill moving through the Legislature that would let pedestrians cross the street carefully and responsibly, regardless of whether they are in a crosswalk ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Listening to naysayers in the housing debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 AM :: 2020 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... monsters lurk behind every corner ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Ways to Maximize Hawaii's Current Zoning Laws
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:09 AM :: 1520 Views :: Development
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... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |
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Your cost of living just went up
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:31 AM :: 1818 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Cost of Living
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... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Short-term Rental Crackdown: State, County Bills Threaten Residents
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:58 PM :: 1746 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... to phase out short-term rentals and impose higher taxes on them ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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There is Room on Mauna Kea for Both Culture and Science
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:11 PM :: 1839 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... what we need is “the collective will to share the Mauna” ....
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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Hawaii needs better budgeting for Maui recovery
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:16 PM :: 1548 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... it was only a year ago that state lawmakers had a healthy budget surplus to work with. But then they went on an ill-advised spending spree ....
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Sunday, February 25, 2024 |
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Taxes, Housing, Energy: High Costs Driving People out of Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:30 PM :: 1541 Views :: Cost of Living
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... inflation means you’re not making any more money, but you’re being taxed a lot more for the money that you’re making ....
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Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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True housing reform seems a strong possibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:32 PM :: 1409 Views :: Development
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... many small tweaks to Hawaii’s zoning and permitting rules that together could make a big dent ....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
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Liberation of crypto is win for Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:35 PM :: 1411 Views :: Small Business
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... the state Division of Financial Institutions has quietly decided to let cryptocurrency companies operate freely in Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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A social tax policy I could agree with
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:13 PM :: 1374 Views :: Taxes
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... It used to be that you could trust the Legislature to not raise taxes during an election year ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s cost-of-living problem is an economic freedom problem
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 PM :: 1367 Views :: Cost of Living
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“...We get used to the low level of economic freedom here in Hawaii, but we don’t realize that that’s the reason our children are leaving...."
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Let’s Fulfill MLK’s Dream in Hawai‘i
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:19 PM :: 1421 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... On Sept. 17, 1959, King made a historic visit to Honolulu and addressed the first session of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives ....
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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Three Ways to Lower Hawaii's Cost of Living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:18 PM :: 1674 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... reduce housing regulations, support reform of the federal Jones Act and cut taxes ....
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 |
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Reasons to be optimistic about the 2024 Legislature
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:00 AM :: 1329 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Will this be the year that we finally start to see positive big changes — or are we going to see more taxes, more spending, more regulations? ....
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Ways to improve Maui Interim Housing Plan
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:08 AM :: 1181 Views :: Maui County
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... $500 million plan is fine but could be improved to more quickly help displaced fire victims ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Are rolling blackouts the price Hawaii must pay for clean energy?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:35 PM :: 1621 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... If you spent part of this week sitting in the dark without any electricity, you probably have some questions about the state’s energy plan ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Let’s try a bottom-up approach to more homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 1233 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Small, focused policies could free up homebuilders and generate a wave of new housing construction ....
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Housing regulations add up to solid brick wall against homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 AM :: 1421 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... it’s taken almost half a year to see anything come from the governor’s emergency proclamation ....
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
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OHA Trustees Working Together: From One Year to the Next!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:00 AM :: 1233 Views :: OHA
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... reflecting upon some exciting accomplishments ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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2024: A chance to ‘accomplish great things’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:55 PM :: 1100 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... 2023 featured “challenges galore,” but ....
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Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
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Find common ground to foster holiday cheer
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:49 PM :: 2451 Views :: Religion
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... Until someone brings up politics ....
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Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Help Maui fire victims, but not by abusing STR owners
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:06 PM :: 1374 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Green has acknowledged that an STR ban would probably result in legal challenges, but he shouldn’t ignore the fact that a back-door ban through a tax hike also could result in legal and political headaches ....
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