by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Feb 8, 2019 | Budget, Economy, Featured, President's Column, Socioeconomics, Taxes, Website
After watching so many State of the State addresses, I’ve learned to regard them as something more than a summary of the state’s political outlook. In fact, they’ve started to seem a lot like wish lists. The governor outlines everything his party would like to get in...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Jun 28, 2018 | Cost of Living, Featured, Research & Commentary, Socioeconomics, Taxes
Get ready to pay more for goods you purchase on the internet. A new Hawaii law, Act 41, that goes into effect July 1 will subject internet retailers that have neither persons nor property in Hawaii to the state’s general excise tax, so long as they make more...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Jun 7, 2018 | Content Type, Issues, Media release, Regulation, Shared Economy, Socioeconomics, Transportation, Website
MEDIA RELEASE from Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322 or jkent@grassrootinstitute.org HONOLULU, June 7, 2018 >> The Honolulu City Council yesterday approved what could be the nation’s first ban on “surge pricing” by...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | May 17, 2018 | Environment, Media release, Regulation, Socioeconomics, Website
MEDIA RELEASE from GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII CONTACT: Joe Kent, jkent@grassrootinstitute.org (808) 987-7322 State encouraged building in risky lava zone Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president says ongoing disaster could have been avoided HAWAII ISLAND (May 17,...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | May 12, 2018 | President's Column, Regulation, Socioeconomics, Website
Hawaii’s Legislature did not approve a higher minimum wage this year, and that’s a good thing, if you want to help the poor. In 2010, researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve Board compiled the results of 53 scholarly studies...
by Derek Draplin | Feb 11, 2018 | Research & Commentary, Socioeconomics, Website
Hawaii’s criminal justice bail system apparently is another unfortunate example of how government inefficiency is resulting in excessively high costs to Hawaii taxpayers. Hawaii’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week released a report, “As...
