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Friday, April 25, 2025
Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:21 PM :: 357 Views :: Jones Act

... A recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Jones Act has not surprisingly caught the eye of Hawaii-based shipping giant Matson, which filed a motion on April 11 to intervene in the case ....

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 764 Views :: Jones Act

... Trump has signaled interest in some kind of reforms and floated working with Congress to pass legislation authorizing the purchase of ships from foreign countries ....

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:16 PM :: 760 Views :: Jones Act

... No matter how many times the law’s supposed benefits are debunked, the same old arguments pop up again and again ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Young Bros Wants ANOTHER Massive Rate Hike--Hearings Set
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 946 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living

... Young Brothers filed an application requesting Commission approval of a total revenue increase of $26,368,923 (27.06%) ....

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Jones Act Loophole Allows Puerto Rico to Finally Access American Natural Gas--Hawaii Next?
By Cato Foundation @ 11:23 PM :: 819 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... none of the world’s more than 600 LNG tankers comply with the Jones Act ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 858 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... it is time to develop a round table and look to modify the Act to keep pace with global technology and geopolitical events ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Proposed U.S. maritime trade sanctions would impact Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 10:19 PM :: 1486 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The U.S. is considering trade sanctions against Chinese shipping that would negatively impact Hawaii ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
How the century-old Jones Act is hurting Hawaii’s economy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 905 Views :: Jones Act

... Every Hawaii-based company that ships its goods outside of the state has come up against the Jones Act ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Will Kōloa Rum Co. lawsuit be the nail in Jones Act coffin?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 AM :: 1057 Views :: Jones Act

... the act intentionally disadvantaged the ports of Hawaii and Alaska ....

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Sunday, March 2, 2025
Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:44 PM :: 812 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act, Taxes

... 50 testimonies in the past two weeks ....

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Kōloa Rum Company challenges Jones Act in court
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 1338 Views :: Jones Act

... argues century-old shipping law violates the Constitution’s Port Preference Clause ....

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Jones Act Keeps Hawaii Energy Expensive
By Cato Foundation @ 3:03 AM :: 763 Views :: Jones Act

... Jones Act means that the Aloha State obtains most of its energy from far more distant and costlier foreign sources ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Case, Moylan Introduce Jones Act Reform Bill
By Ed Case @ 1:03 PM :: 752 Views :: Jones Act

... The median annual cost of the Jones Act to the Hawai‘i economy is $1.2 billion ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
‘Enough is enough’ says Case regarding Jones Act and Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:45 AM :: 1339 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... Case announced he was reintroducing three bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii of the burdens of the century-old maritime law ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Case, Moylan Reintroduce 'Affordable Shipping for All Act'
By Ed Case @ 11:52 PM :: 803 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living

“...HR380 will ensure that no shipping company, including the United States Postal Service, can impose discriminatory rates or exclude non-contiguous areas from receiving shipments. It will also require that shipping rates for non-contiguous areas reflect the actual cost of service, rather than arbitrary price increases....”

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Trump should bypass support for the protectionist Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 AM :: 915 Views :: Jones Act

... trying to roll back policies that have damaged the U.S. economy ....

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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Debate: Jones Act Reform a Winning Topic
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 805 Views :: Jones Act

... this is a strange gift to receive ....

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Friday, January 3, 2025
Can New Legal Angle Beat Jones Act in Court?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 1192 Views :: Jones Act

... lawsuits challenging the Jones Act have failed to seize upon an important piece of the Constitution ....

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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Does Jones Act really support jobs?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:01 AM :: 1003 Views :: Jones Act

... U.S. maritime jobs disappearing despite protectionist Jones Act ....

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Saturday, December 21, 2024
My wish list for Santa
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:26 PM :: 968 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... a few requests for the people of Hawaii ....

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Thursday, December 5, 2024
New report challenges common claim that 'Jones Act jobs' have been increasing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 1008 Views :: Jones Act

... Jobs in America’s waterborne transportation and related sectors have actually declined in recent decades, federal statistics show ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Fact-Check: Hawaii Shipping--Unpacking Hawaii’s Maritime Supply Chain
By Michael Hansen @ 1:35 AM :: 3355 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act, Cost of Living

... errors that detract from the video’s effectiveness ....

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Sunday, October 13, 2024
LNG fuel for shipping is necessary for regulatory compliance
By Michael Hansen @ 12:47 AM :: 1648 Views :: Energy, Environment, Jones Act

... LNG is an important fuel source to virtually eliminate most polluting emissions and significantly reduce carbon emissions ....

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Monday, September 23, 2024
Is Jones Act unconstitutional as it applies to Hawaii, Alaska?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:53 AM :: 1338 Views :: Jones Act

... a new legal theory against the Jones Act ....

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Saturday, September 21, 2024
Most-read article: ‘Why is Hawaii so expensive?’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:35 AM :: 1808 Views :: Jones Act, Rail, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The second most-read article is “Why we left Hawaii” ....

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Saturday, September 7, 2024
War on the Rocks: U.S. Maritime Policy Needs an Overhaul
By Cato Foundation @ 4:21 PM :: 1434 Views :: Jones Act

... U.S. shipbuilding numbers also trail Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway ....

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Sunday, August 4, 2024
Jones Act is bad deal for Guam
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:31 PM :: 1530 Views :: Jones Act, Military

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

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Thursday, July 25, 2024
Hawaii’s population exodus blamed partly on Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:40 PM :: 1507 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Sunday, July 14, 2024
'Most hilarious pro-Jones Act argument'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:52 PM :: 1207 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:12 AM :: 2357 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Thursday, May 23, 2024
Jones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about China
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 PM :: 1668 Views :: Jones Act

... 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 ....

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Friday, May 17, 2024
Guam Congressional candidates united for Jones Act reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:52 PM :: 1731 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

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

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Saturday, April 27, 2024
CNBC report notes how Jones Act leads to higher Matson shipping prices
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:54 PM :: 1892 Views :: Jones Act

... Higher prices for smaller U.S.-built ships is a losing combination for captive consumers in Hawaii and throughout the nation ....

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Jones Act reform doesn’t divide neatly along political party lines
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:59 PM :: 2003 Views :: Jones Act

... Many political disagreements divide neatly along party lines, but the protectionist Jones Act isn’t one of them ....

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Three Ways to Lower Hawaii's Cost of Living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:18 PM :: 2922 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... reduce housing regulations, support reform of the federal Jones Act and cut taxes ....

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Friday, January 5, 2024
As new year dawns, old maritime law still a problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:49 PM :: 2143 Views :: Jones Act

... increasing East Coast fuel costs, killing a massive wind farm project and crippling LNG tranport ....

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Coast Guard Orders Port of Hilo Shut Down -- Then Reopened
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 3197 Views :: Hawaii County , Jones Act

...the fire hydrant near the Young Brothers area was connected to a 1920s-era water tower as its water source but that the county had demobilized that tower....

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Sunday, December 10, 2023
More craziness caused by 1886 maritime law
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 1935 Views :: Jones Act

... Cruise ships sailing empty?....

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Sunday, November 19, 2023
VIDEO: Super-weird vigilante vessel known as the "Jones Act Enforcer"
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:03 PM :: 2481 Views :: Jones Act, Law Enforcement

... the "Jones Act Enforcer" tracks down and identifies violators of the 1920 protectionist federal maritime law known as the Jones Act ....

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Sunday, November 5, 2023
VIDEO: "Amend the Jones Act to revitalize U.S. waterways"
By Video @ 1:50 AM :: 2053 Views :: Jones Act

... the low-hanging fruit ....

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Saturday, October 14, 2023
Crony Capitalism: Jones Act in the News
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:05 PM :: 2237 Views :: Jones Act

... the 103-year-old federal maritime law started as "garden-variety political parochialism" ....

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
​India abolishes its ‘Jones Act,’ could be role model for U.S.
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:56 AM :: 2984 Views :: World News, Jones Act

... The idea was to lower transportation costs and carbon emissions by shifting cargo transport along the country’s coastal areas from trucks and trains to ocean vessels ....

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Hawaii’s internet future depends on existing Jones Act exemption
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2456 Views :: Jones Act

... there are no Jones Act-qualified cable-installation ships ....

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Saturday, August 19, 2023
​Jones Act among protectionist U.S. policies that will drive up cost of rebuilding Lahaina
By Cato Foundation @ 11:09 PM :: 2686 Views :: Maui County, Jones Act

... protectionist U.S. policies will inflate the cost of the island’s rebuilding effort ....

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Thursday, August 3, 2023
Steve Forbes says the Jones Act should be sunk
By Michael Hansen @ 10:37 PM :: 3064 Views :: Jones Act

... the law has ended up hurting our national security by severely harming American shipbuilding, making us more dependent on imported energy, damaging our ports and waterways and inflicting unnecessary pain on victims of natural disasters ....

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Sunday, July 30, 2023
The Jones Act Paradox: Why is a Law that is Deemed “Essential” So Frequently Waived?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:53 PM :: 3274 Views :: Jones Act

... clinging to this outdated policy is not an act of patriotism, but rather one of stagnation ....

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Monday, July 24, 2023
Case Introduces Measure To Ban Discriminatory Treatment And Pricing Of Shipping Of Goods To U.S. Locations Outside Of Continent
By Ed Case @ 8:01 PM :: 3289 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living

... private shipping companies cannot exclude shipments to Hawai’i and other non-contiguous parts of country and cannot charge inflated costs ....

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Monday, July 3, 2023
Hawaii among victims of law that hinders U.S. port dredging
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 2205 Views :: Jones Act

... The 1920 Jones Act is a familiar topic in Hawaii, but its precursor — the Foreign Dredge Act of 1906 — has largely escaped scrutiny ....

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Tweets highlight Matson's schizophrenic relationship with China
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 2385 Views :: Jones Act

... guess which shipyard is upgrading Matson ships ....

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Monday, May 8, 2023
Recent headlines support idea that Jones Act makes no economic sense
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2637 Views :: Jones Act

... headlines confirm the Jones Act drives up shipping costs for aluminum cans, oil and gas, wind energy and just about everything else ....

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