New! Health Care in Hawaii study
Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act and Far-Reaching Costs by Pearl Hahn, June 2009

Scorecards

• 2008 Legislative Scorecard : How Well Do Hawaii’s Legislators Uphold Liberty and Freedom?

Grassroot Institute Studies

• 2009 Hawaii Pork Report by The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Citizens Against Government Waste, January 2009
  
  
• The Economic Impact of the Akaka Bill: Unintended Consequences for Hawaii by Sarah Glassman, MSEP; Michael Head, MSEP; Paul Bachman, MSIE; and David G. Tuerck, Ph.D.; January 2009 (Beacon Hill Institute Policy Study)
  
  
• Debunking Myths of Honolulu Rail Transit by Kristian Somi and Wendy Fujimoto, October 2008 (GRIH Study 1008)
  
  
• Good News: Native Hawaiians Prosper by Harry Messenheimer, Ph.D., August 2008 (GRIH Study 1007)
  • See Also: Related Press Release, August 8, 2008
    
    
• Elementary Principles of Monopoly: Government-run Schools Get Less with More by Harry Messenheimer, Ph.D., February 2008 (GRIH Study 1006)
  • See Also: Gov. Linda Lingle's response to this study
    
    
• Catching the Aquaculture Wave - Ocean Cage Farming Study by Michael De Alessi (Project Director: Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D.), December 2004 (GRIH Study 1005)
  
  
• Great Rail Disasters by Randal O’Toole, February 2004 (GRIH Study 1004)
  
  
• A Health Care Reform Agenda for Hawaii, October 2003 (GRIH Study 1003)
  

Policy Briefs

• Hawaii State Teachers’ Union Clamps Down on Teacher Dissension by Laura Brown, May 2009



• Global Warming: Rethinking the CO2 and Temperature Relationship by Pearl Hahn, April 2009



• GRIH Amicus Brief for Supreme Court case Hawaii vs. OHA, December 2008
  
  
• Getting Less for More: Feeding the Government Education System in Hawaii by Kenny Lee, November 2008
  
  
• The Real Cost of the Rail GET Increase: GET Increase to Result in an Estimated 6,000 Jobs Lost by Wendy Fujimoto, October 2008
  • See Also: Related Press Release, October 16, 2008
    
    
• Price Tag of the Hawaii Legislature: Putting the Cost of a Constitutional Convention in Perspective by Justin Rouzaud and Jamie Story, September 2008
  
  
• The Boat to Nowhere: One hour 43 Minute Door-to-Door Commute Exceeds Time and Cost of 37 Minute Bus Ride by Kristian Somi and Wendy Fujimoto, September 2008
  
  
• A Divided Aloha State: The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007 (The Akaka Bill) by Tom McAuliffe, July 2008 (Policy Brief #1001, 84 KB)
  
  
• Bumper to Bumper on the H-1: Comparing Leeward Oahu Traffic Alternatives by Brandon Bosworth, April 2008 (Policy Brief #1000, 79 KB)
  • See full study: Transportation Alternatives Analysis for Mitigating Traffic Congestion between Leeward Oahu and Honolulu (Directed by Professor Panos D. Prevedouros of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 6.08 MB)

In Pursuit of...

With the objective of educating and informing Hawaii's public, we frequently publish short studies or commentaries on key current policy issues facing the state.  In doing so, we are "In Pursuit" of many objectives, all focused on developing and nuturing positive individual self-government.  Contact Us to receive In Pursuit of . . .  by mail, and view past issues here:

Government Operated Education: An Oxymoron? by Richard O. Rowland
December 2004   |  No. 7

Finding Solutions to O'ahu's Traffic Gridlock by Malia Zimmerman
November 2003 | No. 6

Making Public Schools Work by Laura Brown
June 2003 |  No. 5

A Race to Racism? Ascribe it to Tribe by Paul M. Sullivan
March 2003 |  No. 4

... an Equitable Honolulu Airport Taxi Dispatch System by Malia Zimmerman
February 2003 |  No. 3

Investing In Ideas by Lawrence W. Reed
December 2002 | No. 2

Report on Hawaii's Proposed CarePlus Mandatory LTC Insurance Program by Stephen Moses
November 2002 |  No. 1

Shoots from the Grassroot
May 2002

Press Releases

Native Hawaiians Prosper: Research Institute Releases New Study (August 8, 2008)
Candidate Paul E. Smith Signs No-New-Taxes Pledge (September 15, 2006)

Also of Interest

• Lawrence Reed's Seven Principles