Cost of Living
Kansas Has a Cost Problem—And It’s Driving People Away
Kansas isn’t collapsing. That would at least get attention. What’s happening is quieter and more dangerous: the state is becoming too expensive, too fragmented, and too average to compete, while other states pull ahead. The new 2026 Kansas Green Book…
Raising taxes to fund disaster relief would be ‘a…
Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, had a wide-ranging…
Akina says Jones Act waiver is ‘tacit…
Not long after President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act to help reduce oil…
Income tax cut repeal could stunt business growth and…
April 7, 2026, 2 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 308 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee…
SB2981: Parking requirements are a costly waste of…
March 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 430 and VideoconferenceTo: House…
HB1620 HD2: Petroleum tax increase would worsen Hawaii’s already high energy costs
March 18, 2026, 3:10 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 224 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment Sen. Mike Gabbard, Chair Sen. Herbert M. “Tim” Richards, III, Vice Chair Senate Committee on Energy…
Bill 2973: Limiting unrelated roommates could worsen…
March 10, 2026, 9 a.m.Lihue Civic Center, Mo’ikeha BuildingTo: Kauai Planning Commission …
Census data confirms Hawaii population still in decine
Hawaii’s population shrank yet again between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to data…
Right to Property: The Global Lack of Home…
Let’s be clear up front about the issue of home affordability: there is no silver bullet, no quick…
City ‘living wage’ not only unsound but…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
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