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International climate change conference; featuring Stanley Goldenberg

At the recent Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change 2009 in New York City, which GRIH co-sponsored, Grassroot Institute Policy Analyst Pearl Hahn sat down with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meteorologist Stanley Goldenberg who heads the Atlantic Oceanographic & MET Lab Hurricane Department at the agency. This is

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International climate change conference, featuring Todd Wynn

The Second Annual International Conference on Climate Change 2009 Scientists, economists, and climate experts with a skeptical view of climate change alarmism gathered in New York City on March 8-10, 2009 to discuss why they believe the global warming crisis has been canceled and whether a crisis ever really existed

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Hawaii Pork Report: The community speaks: Part 1

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…(more)

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Hawaii Pork Report: The community speaks, Part 2

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.

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New study considers economic impact of Akaka Bill

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.

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True lies at the state Employees’ Retirement System

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

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Hawaii drops universal children’s healthcare plan

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

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More states join GRIH amicus brief in public lands case

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

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International climate change conference; featuring Stanley Goldenberg

At the recent Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change 2009 in New York City, which GRIH co-sponsored, Grassroot Institute Policy Analyst Pearl Hahn sat down with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meteorologist Stanley Goldenberg who heads the Atlantic Oceanographic & MET Lab Hurricane Department at the agency. This is

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International climate change conference, featuring Todd Wynn

The Second Annual International Conference on Climate Change 2009 Scientists, economists, and climate experts with a skeptical view of climate change alarmism gathered in New York City on March 8-10, 2009 to discuss why they believe the global warming crisis has been canceled and whether a crisis ever really existed

Read More →

Hawaii Pork Report: The community speaks: Part 1

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…(more)

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Hawaii Pork Report: The community speaks, Part 2

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.

Read More →

New study considers economic impact of Akaka Bill

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.

Read More →

True lies at the state Employees’ Retirement System

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

Read More →

Hawaii drops universal children’s healthcare plan

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

Read More →

More states join GRIH amicus brief in public lands case

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

Read More →