Licensing & Jobs
When licensing goes too far
I always enjoy the opportunity to close out the legislative session talking with the people that we at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii are really working for — the men and women who are trying to live, work and flourish in Hawaii. It’s…
Untangling occupational licensing rules | Grassroot…
This year’s legislative session is winding down, and it has certainly had its highs and lows. One…
Raising taxes to fund disaster relief would be ‘a…
Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, had a wide-ranging…
Hair-braiding bills hint at deeper issues with…
Two bills making their way through the Hawaii Legislature would relieve natural hair braiders of the…
Cottage food rules for farm kitchens would benefit…
March 23, 2026, 1:40 p.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 225 and VideoconferenceTo: Senate…
SB2080 SD1: Psychology compact would expand mental health access
March 18, 2026, 9 a.m.Hawaii State CapitolConference Room 329 and VideoconferenceTo: House Committee on Health Rep. Gregg Takayama, Chair Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Vice Chair House Committee on Human Services & Homelessness …
Hawaii should set goals to be more friendly to…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
Waive civil service law to fill long-vacant SHPD, CWRM…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
License should not be required to practice natural hair…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
Allow dental hygienists to expand scope of practice…
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the…
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