April 9, 2026, 10:55 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 211 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair Sen. Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic Campaigns RE:
March 25, 2026, 2 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce Rep. Scot Z. Matayoshi, Chair Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director
March 17, 2026, 1 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 225 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley Chang, Chair Sen. Troy Hashimoto, Vice Chair Senate Committee on Education Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, Chair Sen. Michelle N. Kidani, Vice
March 18, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Higher Education Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett, Chair Rep. Terez Amato, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii on Feb. 19, 2026, for consideration by the House Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs._____________ Feb. 19, 2026, 2:01 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Education on Feb. 10, 2026._____________ Feb. 10, 2026, 2:15 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Education Rep. Justin H. Woodson, Chair Rep. Trish LaChica, Vice Chair From:
Joe Kent, center, with some of the students he met with during a presentation at Punahou School. The former teacher, Grassroot’s longtime executive VP, discussed Hawaii’s problems and some ways to help solve them Grassroot Executive Vice President Joe Kent built some bridges this week to the younger generation
A popular economics book that got its start on Hawaii radio is making the leap from the page to the screen. “The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey,” written by Grassroot Scholar and Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland, is being made into a three-seasons animated video
Tom Yamachika and Mark Coleman note on “Talking Tax” that state educaton officials collect the fees but never spend them The Hawaii Department of Education is in the business of educating — and imposing taxes. On last week’s episode of “Talking Tax” on ThinkTech Hawaii, co-host Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundaiton
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Labor and Government on Feb. 1, 2024. _____________ Feb. 1, 2024, 9 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Labor and Government Relations
April 9, 2026, 10:55 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 211 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair Sen. Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic Campaigns RE:
March 25, 2026, 2 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce Rep. Scot Z. Matayoshi, Chair Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director
March 17, 2026, 1 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 225 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Housing Sen. Stanley Chang, Chair Sen. Troy Hashimoto, Vice Chair Senate Committee on Education Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, Chair Sen. Michelle N. Kidani, Vice
March 18, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Higher Education Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett, Chair Rep. Terez Amato, Vice Chair From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii on Feb. 19, 2026, for consideration by the House Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs._____________ Feb. 19, 2026, 2:01 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Education on Feb. 10, 2026._____________ Feb. 10, 2026, 2:15 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Education Rep. Justin H. Woodson, Chair Rep. Trish LaChica, Vice Chair From:
Joe Kent, center, with some of the students he met with during a presentation at Punahou School. The former teacher, Grassroot’s longtime executive VP, discussed Hawaii’s problems and some ways to help solve them Grassroot Executive Vice President Joe Kent built some bridges this week to the younger generation
A popular economics book that got its start on Hawaii radio is making the leap from the page to the screen. “The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey,” written by Grassroot Scholar and Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland, is being made into a three-seasons animated video
Tom Yamachika and Mark Coleman note on “Talking Tax” that state educaton officials collect the fees but never spend them The Hawaii Department of Education is in the business of educating — and imposing taxes. On last week’s episode of “Talking Tax” on ThinkTech Hawaii, co-host Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundaiton
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Labor and Government on Feb. 1, 2024. _____________ Feb. 1, 2024, 9 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Labor and Government Relations
