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We can’t turn back the clock, and for some policies we don’t want to
It was just over a year ago that the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii produced a report stating: “Hawaii’s state budget does not have the extra cushion to deal with a large recession, if one should hit, so lawmakers should rein in spending and build up a financial...
Meet board member Jonathan Durrett
Photo by Mark Coleman This interview took place before Hawaii’s coronavirus-inspired statewide lockdown was ordered on March 16, 2020. _____________ Durrett: America’s founding is ‘an eternal fountain of inspiration’ Jonathan Durrett has been a...
Airports Corporation takes on new sense of urgency
Photo by Charley Myers The Hawaii Legislature suspended its 2020 session in early March because of the coronavirus situation, but eventually it will get back to business, and when it does, consideration of the long-proposed Hawaii Airports Corporation should be one of...
Meet your board chairman, Robin Stueber
By Melissa Newsham For those of you who have never met Robin Stueber, she has been with the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii since its founding in 2001, serving in various capacities, including succeeding Dick Rowland in 2017 as its chairman. Through the years, she has...
Will 2020 be the year of a Hawaii Airport Corporation?
Photo by Charley Myers Efforts to reform management of Hawaii’s state airports haven’t failed for lack of trying. Hawaii state Sen. Lorraine Inouye (D, District 4) has submitted bills four years in a row[1] to establish a semi-independent Hawaii Airport...
Melissa Newsham is a research associate at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.