The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Citizens Against Government Waste have released the first-ever Hawaii Pork Report 2009. Grassroot President Jamie Story and world famous PIGFOOT the mascot against government waste interview people on the streets of Honolulu and Waikiki. READ the Hawaii Pork Report at www.grassrootinstitute.org.
A free market case against the Akaka Bill By Rev. Daniel Paul de Gracia, II and Sarah Ann Hunt A top New Year’s resolution for many elected officials in Hawaii’s local government is to see passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Act. The Act seeks to create what The Honolulu Advertiser
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has released a new study it sponsored from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. ‘The Economic Impact of the Akaka Bill: Unintended Consequences for Hawaii’ estimates that the Akaka bill could cost the state up to $690 million per year in lost tax revenue.
Hawaii’s government Employees’ Retirement System by George L. Berish As a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, I know almost everything taxpayers are told about the Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System is false. One lie is that employee benefits depend on, or are affected by, the $10 billion of assets earmarked
By Pearl Hahn An economic downturn and ensuing budget cuts have forced Hawaii to abandon the nation’s first universal health care program for children, Keiki Care, after only seven months. Gov. Linda Lingle (R) discontinued state funding for the program on November 1. “I voted against the bill when first
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the United States in support of Hawaii vs. Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the state’s right to manage the public or ceded lands of Hawaii. At the heart of the case is the constitutional
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Citizens Against Government Waste have released the first-ever Hawaii Pork Report 2009. Grassroot President Jamie Story and world famous PIGFOOT the mascot against government waste interview people on the streets of Honolulu and Waikiki. READ the Hawaii Pork Report at www.grassrootinstitute.org.
A free market case against the Akaka Bill By Rev. Daniel Paul de Gracia, II and Sarah Ann Hunt A top New Year’s resolution for many elected officials in Hawaii’s local government is to see passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Act. The Act seeks to create what The Honolulu Advertiser
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has released a new study it sponsored from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. ‘The Economic Impact of the Akaka Bill: Unintended Consequences for Hawaii’ estimates that the Akaka bill could cost the state up to $690 million per year in lost tax revenue.
Hawaii’s government Employees’ Retirement System by George L. Berish As a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, I know almost everything taxpayers are told about the Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System is false. One lie is that employee benefits depend on, or are affected by, the $10 billion of assets earmarked
By Pearl Hahn An economic downturn and ensuing budget cuts have forced Hawaii to abandon the nation’s first universal health care program for children, Keiki Care, after only seven months. Gov. Linda Lingle (R) discontinued state funding for the program on November 1. “I voted against the bill when first
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the United States in support of Hawaii vs. Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the state’s right to manage the public or ceded lands of Hawaii. At the heart of the case is the constitutional