Photo by Mark Coleman The following guest commentary was published originally as a blog post on the website of the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice._____________ By Arjuna Heim Over the past several decades, housing that is affordable to the average Hawaiʻi resident has become increasingly out of
A proposal to build high-rise housing in Hawaii based on the so-called Singapore model could end up costing Hawaii taxpayers dearly — and distract from implementing the more effective solution of simply streamlining land-use regulations so it would be easier to build homes. Waving the banner for this proposal is
It’s important for Hawaii to consider the enormous costs of its harsh bail policies and long pretrial delays, both for the unlucky individuals unnecessarily detained by such government inefficiencies and for the taxpayers footing the unnecessarily excessive bills.
by Denis Mannschatz It might not be hard to get admitted to a hospital emergency room in Hawaii, but getting treated in one within a reasonable amount of time — with your life possibly hanging in the balance — is another matter. A 2017 report by The Wall Street Journal
In less than a quarter of a century, the U.S. government piled more than 7,000 regulations onto the shipping industry, on top of the Jones Act.
Kauai homeowners face $10,000 fines if they let people stay in their homes.
Rent control in Hawaii would only make the problem worse.
Current efforts by the US government to fund education and healthcare initiatives may be hurting the people it’s supposed to help.
Honolulu now requires Uber and Lyft drivers to have a Hawaii driver’s license, among other requirements. What will this mean for military families?
Hawaii fishermen keep maxing out the limit for catching fish because of a strange law.
Photo by Mark Coleman The following guest commentary was published originally as a blog post on the website of the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice._____________ By Arjuna Heim Over the past several decades, housing that is affordable to the average Hawaiʻi resident has become increasingly out of
A proposal to build high-rise housing in Hawaii based on the so-called Singapore model could end up costing Hawaii taxpayers dearly — and distract from implementing the more effective solution of simply streamlining land-use regulations so it would be easier to build homes. Waving the banner for this proposal is
It’s important for Hawaii to consider the enormous costs of its harsh bail policies and long pretrial delays, both for the unlucky individuals unnecessarily detained by such government inefficiencies and for the taxpayers footing the unnecessarily excessive bills.
by Denis Mannschatz It might not be hard to get admitted to a hospital emergency room in Hawaii, but getting treated in one within a reasonable amount of time — with your life possibly hanging in the balance — is another matter. A 2017 report by The Wall Street Journal
In less than a quarter of a century, the U.S. government piled more than 7,000 regulations onto the shipping industry, on top of the Jones Act.
Kauai homeowners face $10,000 fines if they let people stay in their homes.
Rent control in Hawaii would only make the problem worse.
Current efforts by the US government to fund education and healthcare initiatives may be hurting the people it’s supposed to help.
Honolulu now requires Uber and Lyft drivers to have a Hawaii driver’s license, among other requirements. What will this mean for military families?
Hawaii fishermen keep maxing out the limit for catching fish because of a strange law.
