by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Media release, Privatization, Research & Commentary, Website
Hawaii lawmakers need greater flexibility in determining how to deliver public services. HONOLULU, Mar. 13, 2019 >> A small tweak to an old law might be all that is needed to help the state partner with the private sector, according to a new report by the...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Feb 19, 2019 | Featured, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Media release, Report, Website
Grassroot Scholar Randal O’Toole faults artificial land scarcity for high Hawaii home prices HONOLULU, Feb. 19, 2019 >> Hawaii has the least affordable housing of any state in the nation, and that is almost wholly because of government land-use regulations...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Jan 11, 2019 | Featured, Media release, Rail, Website
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii denounces the “egregious” behavior so far uncovered HONOLULU, Jan. 10, 2019 >> The first installment of a four-part audit by the state auditor is more proof that the over-budget and behind-schedule Honolulu rail project has been...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Nov 10, 2018 | Media release, Regulation, Report, Website
The Economic Freedom of North America 2018 report outlines Hawaii’s statistical paradox HONOLULU, Nov. 13, 2018 >> Hawaii moved up a surprising eight notches this year in a national ranking measuring economic freedom in all 50 states, from 45 in 2017 to 37. That...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Oct 22, 2018 | Education, Featured, Media release, Taxes, Website
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii agrees the ballot measure was vague and misleading HONOLULU, Oct. 19, 2018 >> The Hawaii Supreme Court today struck down the proposed constitutional ballot question on whether the state should be allowed to tax real property to...
by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Oct 10, 2018 | Featured, Jones Act, Media release
Democrat and Republican candidates say they would reform Jones Act, if elected HONOLULU, Oct. 10, 2018 >> Both of the leading candidates seeking to represent Hawaii’s Congressional District 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Ed Case and Republican...
