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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a slush fund—Where is the money going?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 3672 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Ironically, OHA is repeating the error of Hawaiian Kingdom royals who exploited their own people and relied on an alliance with businessmen ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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Defend Hawaii: Miske Lawyer Celebrates Kaneshiro Corruption Victory, Tells Feds to Pack Up and Leave
By Court House News @ 2:06 AM :: 5069 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... The quirky panel of 14 jurors had been coordinating outfits by color most days throughout the duration of trial ....
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Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
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Curt Otaguro Named new Boss of Airports Division
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 1451 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... In his previous roles as State Comptroller and Deputy Superintendent of Operations for the Department of Education, Otaguro managed facilities on a large scale as well as complex Capital Improvement Projects ....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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Closing arguments begin in high-profile Hawaii bribery trial
By Court House News @ 2:40 PM :: 1397 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... trial of former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, businessman Dennis Mitsunaga and co-defendants facing accusations of conspiracy to commit fraud and bribery ....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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Blasting and drilling to begin soon at the Kilohana temporary housing site
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 943 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... The USACE lead contractor on the project, Aktarius, LLC dba Dawson AKT ....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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Final witness testifies as former prosecutor’s corruption trial draws to a close in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 2:22 PM :: 1349 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Prosecutors say businessman Dennis Mitsunaga used hefty campaign contributions to exert influence over Hawaii's political landscape ....
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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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Black Sand, Kobayashi First to benefit from DEP 'Affordable Housing' Scheme
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 1809 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... involves sharing a percentage of net appreciation with HHFDC ....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 1698 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Labor, Tourism
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“We thank Gov. Green, Hawai‘i legislators, and our partners at the Hawai‘i Hotel Alliance, UNITE HERE Local 5, and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 for their leadership in passing this important law."--AHLA Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 1594 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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FBI Raids? No problem--Dawson Begins Construction of Lahaina Housing
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 2292 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... Because USACE is involved, 8a companies such as Dawson score no-bid contracts. Hopefully the FBI investigation and any future indictments and arrests won't interfere with construction. It also helps that Robin Danner scored a gig in the Governor's office ....
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
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Green Signs Six Good Government Bills into Law
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 1288 Views :: Ethics
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... six fig leaves ....
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Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
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Dems: Income Tax Cut Tops off 'Productive' Legislative Session
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 1600 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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"... ALICE families will experience firsthand one of the biggest tax cuts in the State’s history ...."
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 7903 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Greenmail, Drugs
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... "Too bad Maui didn’t learn from the City getting spanked for unconstitutionally attempting to legislatively phase out vested property rights to STRs" ....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:56 PM :: 1673 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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“I am concerned that the amicus brief will be perceived as an attempt by OHA to evade accountability to state ethics laws and oversight. Courts have ruled that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a state agency whose leadership and employees are subject to the standards of conduct and behavior expected of all state personnel.” --- OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina
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Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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Hawaii 3rd Best State for 'Fiscal Transparency'
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 1265 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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... but Hawaii gets only 6 of 15 points possible for ‘Include a net position not distorted by misleading and confusing deferred items.’ ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Miske Hitman Criminal Record Secretly Expunged
By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 4098 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Judiciary, Second Amendment
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... You won’t find any record of expungement proceedings on ECourtKokua—they’re secret ....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
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Another Foster Care Fail: Kids Sleep in Attic of Home Full of Lunatics, Perverts, and Drug Addicts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:01 AM :: 3812 Views :: Ethics, Family
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... The State Auditor studied 30 foster homes picked at random. Here is one of the 30 ....
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 |
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And Now the Big Guns Come Out
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2001 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Taxes
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... I became convinced that the proceedings, or at least this part of them, were prearranged ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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OIP Issues Five New Opinions
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 1503 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics, Police
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... one formal opinion and four informal opinions ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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Maui County Pushes Back Against AG Report on Fires
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 1420 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... The more liability assigned to Maui County, the less liability for Hawaiian Electric. Maui County cannot declare bankruptcy and transfer ownership of the County to outside lenders. Hawaiian Electric can. This is all about protecting old-boy power centers. ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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DCCA Revokes Miske Termite License--14 Cases of Price Gouging
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 1467 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... License revocation, $35,000 fine, $22,114.56 restitution ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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‘Blankety-blank’ bills at Legislature leave Hawaii taxpayers in the dark
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:04 PM :: 1237 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... To address the problem, Yamachika suggested that legal action might be necessary ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Naming Names: Airports Division Ran Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 5358 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA, COVID-19
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... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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10 'Good Government' Bills up for Final House Vote
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 1289 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... A final vote is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, and upon approval, the bills proceed to the governor's desk for his signature....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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Victim of bribery scheme testifies in Hawaii prosecutor corruption case
By Court House News @ 5:31 AM :: 1946 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... A former Honolulu prosecutor is accused of accepting nearly $50,000 from a local engineering firm to go after a former employee with criminal charges ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing? HB2328 Bethel Block Bill Secretly a Sweet Deal for Fullard-Leo Family
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 2697 Views :: Ethics, Development
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... secretly to give $8,480,800 over the tax assessment to one specific family at the request of Neil Abercrombie ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Rape and Death: HB2340 pays $2.5M to Coverup Foster Care Disasters
By Andrew Walden @ 11:19 PM :: 3143 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... rape, sodomy, forced oral copulation and fondling, physical beatings, starvation, theft and destruction of personal property, and failure to provide medical care, clothing, and medicine ....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Marconi Point Project Connected to DPP Bribery Scandal
By Selected News Articles @ 6:14 PM :: 3068 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
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The Secret History of the Mercado Kim Crime Family
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 10076 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Hawaii History, Police, Politicians, Drugs
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... Mercado Kim's uncle, John Sayin Kim, became Godfather of Hawaii organized crime after the explosion of his Cadillac Eldorado in Chinatown ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
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EXTENDED AGAIN: Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 4341 Views :: Ethics
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... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission. The term will be for four years ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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Stop Big Oil Suit: Did Hawaii's Hyper-Ideological Supreme Court Blow It?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 2793 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... there's a price to be paid for preening and posturing ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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OIP Director Leaving Office
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 1853 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... Park will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024. Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 1551 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Applicants Also Sought for Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program Board ....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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HGEA Plants Convicted Felon on HLRB
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 AM :: 2332 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....
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Monday, March 25, 2024 |
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Leaked WPATH Files Expose Medical Malpractice at Global Transgender Healthcare Authority
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 1985 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... The files, which were leaked from within the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), were published by the US-based think tank Environmental Progress ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Fear of the Unknown
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1772 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... some bills replace a current tax rate with a blank. Or several blanks. Those are scary because you don’t know what our lawmakers are thinking of putting in there ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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HECO's Secret Wildfire Plan: Congress Demands Answers
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 2108 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... the Hawaii Public Utility Commission revealed it had not seen the document prior to the fires and only learned of its existence when HECO referenced it in HECO’s September 19, 2023, response ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Disgraced Mililani Athletic Director Fined $274,500 by Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 6:48 PM :: 2061 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... This is the highest administrative fee ever issued by the Commission ....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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Big Island Press Club celebrates retired judge, dishonors Hawai‘i emergency administrator
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 2188 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, First Amendment
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... law allowing the governor and county mayors to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency ....
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Monday, March 18, 2024 |
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AG Points Finger at Maui County: 53 Subpoenas Delay Lahaina Fire Report
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 2201 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics
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... The more Maui County is responsible, the less Hawaiian Electric owes. And Maui County has sovereign immunity against lawsuits ....
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Monday, March 11, 2024 |
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Lahaina: Purposefully Making Rebuilding Slow, Expensive, and Frustrating
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:04 PM :: 2635 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal aid money is pouring in, but “no one seems to know where it’s going” ....
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Saturday, March 9, 2024 |
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DHS: Green Appoints Political Hack to Oversee Department Overflowing with Dead Babies
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 2581 Views :: Ethics, Family, Hawaii State Government
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... As a state Representative from 2004 to 2023, Yamane chaired various committees including Health, Human Services, and Homelessness ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Fake Minutes and Fire Secrecy: OIP Posts Three New Opinions
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 1964 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics
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"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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OIP: Sunshine and UIPA Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1674 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Audit: 100% FEMA Fail on Kauai Disaster Procurement
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 1961 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 4083 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Politicians
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... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....
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