Working for a better economy, better governANCE and a better society
VIDEO: Is Hawaii prepared for a recession?
Now is when our legislators reveal themselves
The 2020 legislative session is only a few weeks old, and that puts us at a strange place in the life cycle of the Legislature. As the session goes on and deadlines for hearings and votes come closer, the Legislature tends to focus on the big issues for the year....
State spending cap routinely ignored
When you’ve dug an $88 billion hole, you need to stop digging. That is the amount of unfunded liabilities that our state and county governments are projected to accrue in the next 30 years, as discussed in the January edition of Hawaii Business magazine, which...
The Grassroot Top 5 articles of 2019
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii covered a lot of policy ground during the past year. Our writers and researchers produced reports and commentaries on the negative effects of the federal Jones Act, what can be done to help resolve Hawaii’s public pension...
Honolulu City Council’s PLA proposal is pilau
What happens when a government tries to fix a system that isn’t broken? Usually, the taxpayers pay the price. That is what might happen if Honolulu’s mayor approves a measure that would restrict the use of nonunion labor on city contracts worth over $2 million....