Council should be more cautious when considering bills The Honolulu City Council may be on the verge of learning a difficult lesson about the consequences of hasty legislation. In just a few short Read More » Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. November 9, 2019
Competition brings Hawaii airfares down to earth This commentary was published originally in Honolulu Civil Beat on Oct. 10, 2019. –––––––––––– By Josh Mason and Melissa Newsham Hawaii is one of the Read More » Grassroot Institute of Hawaii October 11, 2019
Council approves PLAs despite many concerns This testimony by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii was submitted to the full Honolulu City Council on Oct. 9, 2019. It is similar to testimony Read More » Grassroot Institute of Hawaii October 9, 2019
Professor Pooley to the rescue! Hawaii resident Gale Pooley took on supervillain Thanos of the “Avengers” film series over the issue of resource scarcity and population control, at a Grassroot Read More » Grassroot Institute of Hawaii September 13, 2019
How to fill Hawaii’s vacant health care jobs When we talk about why so many Hawaii residents are leaving the state, we usually think about young people just starting out. But those aren’t Read More » Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. September 9, 2019
‘Gut and replace’ should be gutted It’s that time of year again when the infamous Rusty Scalpel Award is given to some deserving bill from the most recent state legislative session, Read More » Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. August 16, 2019
‘Leavin’ on a jet plane …’ The following is an excerpt from an article by Matt Walker that appeared July 11 on BadCredit.org, a website that seeks “to inform and educate Read More » Grassroot Institute of Hawaii July 26, 2019
Testimony on ‘Community Workforce Agreements’ — Bill 37 This testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to the Honolulu City Council Committee on Budget, July 24, 2019. RE: Bill 37 (2019) Read More » Joe Kent July 26, 2019