Recent
State Certification Process Perpetuates Unemployment
July 08, 2010
With approximately 6.6 percent of Hawaii’s labor force unemployed, the legislature needs to revise the state’s complex certification system to make it easier for people to change professions and get back to work. (more)
Pearl Hahn
Pearl Hahn earned a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in Psychology and Government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As an undergraduate there, she held positions at The Department of Homeland Security and the Public Diplomacy Council. She was also a mentor for middle-school students from under-served areas with the Higher Achievement Program. Having grown up in New Hampshire and New Jersey, Pearl enjoys reading at the beach and learning to surf in her free time.
She can be reached at pearl@grassrootinstitute.org.
Writings
- Inouye Gets Bailout Funds For His Troubled Bank July 2009
- Government Paychecks: Bush vs. Obama July 2009
- Spain's Green Jobs: The Opposite of a Boon July 2009
- Recession Hitting Teenagers July 2009
- Lessons from New Zealand and Chile July 2009
- Amazon Bids Hawaii Farewell July 2009
- Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto Woes July 2009
- The Facts Behind the Tax July 2009
- Lies Behind Presidential Appointments? July 2009
- Global Warming April 2009
- Hawaii's Prepaid Health Care Act June 2009
- Hawaii Drops Universal Children’s Health Care Plan January 2009
- Artwork Paid For By Taxpayers July 2009
- Hawaii Legislature Exhibits Short-Sightedness July 2009
- Honolulu Spending On Contracts July 2009
- What Can Bring Increased Accountability to Hawaii Government? October 2008
- Hawaii's Unions and Sense of Entitlement July 2009
- Testing Your Energy IQ July 2009
- Hawaii's Green Energy Initiative July 2009
- Prepaid Health Care Act Can't Fool Mainstream Media July 2009
- House Lagging on Public Posting of Expenses July 2009
- Welfare in Hawaii July 2009
- Good Health, Lower Costs for Fortune 500 Company August 2009
- Shameless Politician Flip-Floppers Include Governor Lingle August 2009
- A Climate of Common Sense April 2009
- How Obama's Health Care Will Affect Your Coverage August 2009
- Hawaii's Unemployment Rate May Be Higher August 2009
- DOE's Student Achievement Update August 2009
- Accountability Needed to Keep Hawaii Beaches Clean August 2009
- Grassroot Institute Joins Conservatives for Patients' Rights' Jet Tour August 2009
- Why Obama’s Public Option Would Lead to No Option October 2009
- Higher Taxes Hurting Hawaii August 2009
- Townhall Meeting on Health Care Tonight August 2009
- Townhall Turnout Shows Debate Isn't Over August 2009
- Before You Move to France, or Even Cuba August 2009
- Government Waste Not Just On Oahu August 2009
- Superintendent Hamamoto Taking Chancellor Rhee's Lead? September 2009
- Health Care and Life Expectancy Among Americans September 2009
- Will Kauai Join the Plastic Bag Ban Wagon? September 2009
- Cutting Costs and Choices for State Workers September 2009
- Americans Turning Against the Unions September 2009
- The Latest on Obama's Health Care Reform September 2009
- Hawaii's Revenues Are Disappearing September 2009
- Baucus Health Care Bill Also An Epic Failure September 2009
- Honolulu Drivers Suffer Through Worst Roads September 2009
- Special Interests Continue Mischief in the House September 2009
- Are Dog Walkers the New Criminals? September 2009
- Plastic Bag Ban Neither Logically Nor Environmentally Sound September 2009
- Swiss Health Care More "Free Market" Than U.S. Health Care October 2009
- Will Hawaii Become the Next California? October 2009
- Feel-Good Politics of a Styrofoam Ban October 2009
- Debunking More Misinformation on Health Care Reform September 2009
- Two Key Reform Proposals for Health Care in Hawaii October 2009
- Councilman Yagong Upholds Accountable Government October 2009
- Human Climate Control Up In the Air October 2009
- A Climate of Common Sense April 2008
- Obama's Economic Advisor Admits to Trouble October 2009
- Is HSTA Teaching Our Children? October 2009
- Conservatives for Patients' Rights Tour September 2009
- Turn off the TV November 2009
- Maui Recreation Will Cost You November 2009
- What Health Care Reform Means- H.R. 3962 November 2009
- How Much Does a Trillion Dollars Weigh? November 2009
- Scientists Need Ethics Training and Anger Management November 2009
- DBEDT Director Ted Liu Faces Serious Charges November 2009
- Hawaii: Eliminate State Jobs, Save Money For Real Stimulus December 2009
- Jones Act Lawsuit Irks Federal Government December 2009
- Myth Continues Concerning Hawaii's Unemployment Rate December 2009
- Porkers Also Abound Across the Pond December 2009
- Akaka Bill Editorial, Grassroot Institute in Wall Street Journal December 2009
- Wikipedia Battle Rages On December 2009
- Keeping Up With Health Care Reform in the New Year? December 2009
Blogs
Rooted in Reason
Grassroot Institute's Official Blog
The Mystery of Hawaiian History
Correcting historical revisionism and misconceptions promoted by the Akaka Bill.
Hawaii Spendometer
How Fast Does The State Government Spend Your Money?
$9,122,166,121.47
