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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Drunk With Power: Rep. Har Refuses Debate 'in the tavern or bar of her choice'
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 2468 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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“...If it would make Ms. Har more at ease, I’m willing to meet her in the tavern, or bar of her choice to conduct the debate....”
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Love-Hate Relationship with P3
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1749 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The most recent and visible example is our iconic Aloha Stadium ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 18202 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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...When Honolulu County Council member Andy Mirikitani faced trial in 2001 for fraud, theft, extortion, and bribery, key testimony came from Cynthia McMillan, the wife of now-State Senator Karl Rhoads (D-Downtown Honolulu)....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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HVCB and CNHA "have found a way forward in partnership"
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 1581 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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“I am very pleased with the progress that the two organizations have made in coming together so that we can move forward in the best interest of the State,” said DBEDT Director Mike McCartney....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Exemptions to open-records law should favor disclosure, not secrecy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:45 PM :: 1715 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Rape in Turkmenistan: How HPD Rejects Female Police Recruit
By Court House News @ 12:48 AM :: 2844 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... her husband had “sold [her] a few times for [] money in order to buy himself alcohol and pay gambling debts . . . [while] he kept a knife by the throat of [her] 6 month son.” ....
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Thursday, September 29, 2022 |
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State, Counties seek candidates to serve on boards and commissions
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 2718 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... City boards, commissions and committees which currently have vacant positions, including openings on the Honolulu Ethics Commission and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Surprise: OHA secretly borrowed $2M to finance Tribal ‘Aha
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 2257 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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... CEO Sylvia Hussey described the purpose for paying off the debt was to bring OHA into compliance with better practice as to how it finances operations ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Auditor: HTA oversight lax, internal controls deficient
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:01 AM :: 2178 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... HTA had disregarded its own procurement policies and procedures, awarding sole source contracts based on questionable justifications, paying contractors without executed contracts ....
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Monday, September 26, 2022 |
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CNHA Terrified of COVID Fraud Investigation
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 3742 Views :: Ethics, OHA, COVID-19
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... You are bringing the Feds in to get us. Other corrupt officials may go down ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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SEC Fines Bank of Hawaii in ‘Pay to Play’ Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 2427 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... A Bank of Hawaii officer oversaw major UH investment management contracts after dropping a $1000 contribution into Governor David Ige’s 2018 reelection campaign ....
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
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Indictments: Choy Paid $2M Bribes to Maui County Environmental Management Director
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 2236 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... analysis of county procurement records shows that since 2012, Choy’s firm received more than 40 non-bid Maui County contracts valued at around $20 million ....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 |
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Corruption in Paradise -- Government Watchdogs Look the Other Way
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:19 AM :: 3698 Views :: Ethics
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... many government watchdog entities appear to have been willfully ignoring, or even tacitly approving, some of Hawaii’s most egregious corruption scandals, according to Randy Roth ....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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Legislature Paves Way for Issuance of SPRBs for Carbon Credits – Or Does It?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 2517 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Ethics, Agriculture, Development
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... there is a line item for renting four 480-square-foot units from the Four Seasons for nearly $300,000 a year ....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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Good Medicine for OHA’s “Red Flags”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:36 PM :: 2231 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Here are some examples of “Red Flag” disbursements by OHA and the concerns raised by CLA ....
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Sunday, August 28, 2022 |
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Dept. of Education Welcomes Two New $190K Hires
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2018 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
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Audit: Maui County Zoning ‘Heavily Politicized’
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 1667 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... ZAED lost the majority of its supervisory personnel in 2021, and only one has been filled as of January 2022 ....
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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HSTA Forced to Stop Enrolling Hawaii Teachers in Illegal For-Profit Education Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 12:45 AM :: 3422 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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... According the a July 18, 2022 letter from the US Department of Education, EGCC was illegally looting Pell Grant money to provide ‘free’ tuition ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Psychics and Recreational Drugs: SEC Charges Hawaii SemiSub with Fraud
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 2076 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... defendants misappropriated a significant portion of the funds to pay for psychics and recreational drugs ....
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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27 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosures
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 2536 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians
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... information about a candidate’s sources of income; business ownership interests; officer or director positions in businesses; debts; real property interests; clients represented before state agencies; and creditor interests in an insolvent business ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Confucius Institutes Rebrand to Circumvent U.S. Policy, Report Finds
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 3421 Views :: Ethics, World News, First Amendment, Higher Education
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... The University of Hawaii Manoa invited at least two CI staff to remain on campus ....
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Monday, July 25, 2022 |
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Four Charged in Big Island Affordable Housing Corruption Scheme
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 2688 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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... the indictment alleges Rudo solicited and accepted multiple bribes and kickbacks from Sulla, Zamber and Budhabhatti ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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ERS Hides $96.75M of So-Called ‘Tech’ Investments--Losses Begin to Mount
By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 3626 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Tax Credits
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... Taxpayer losses are in the billions. Now they are grabbing for public employees’ retirement fund. How much will retirees lose? ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 |
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Army Conducts Review of Facility Use by Political Entities
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 1840 Views :: Ethics, Military, Politicians
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... District 21 incumbent state Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, District 44 incumbent state Rep. Cedric Gates and District 44 challenger Darius Kila ....
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 |
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Bishop Museum Board: "Frustration, stress, and fear"
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 3171 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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... A number of talented staff have left the museum in recent months, many citing a toxic work environment ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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DBEDT: More Taxpayer Money Going to High Tech Schemers
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 1502 Views :: Ethics, Small Business
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... Hawai‘i Small Business Capital Program (HI-CAP) Collateral Support Program, designed to assist borrowers in obtaining financing that might otherwise be unavailable due to a collateral shortfall ....
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
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Three Former Hawaii Correctional Officers Convicted of Assaulting Inmate and Attempting Cover Up
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 1829 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Over the course of two minutes, the defendants punched and kicked the inmate in the head and body while he was lying face-down in a pool of his own blood. The inmate suffered a broken nose, jaw and eye socket ....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022 |
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Bodycam Video Rep Matt LoPresti DUI Arrest
By Video @ 12:02 PM :: 2769 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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... Bodycam video of Matt Lopresti getting arested for DUI (again) ....
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Sunday, July 3, 2022 |
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Ige right to veto bill OK’d via ‘gut and replace’
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:51 PM :: 1490 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... HB 1147 originally started out as a capital improvements project bill in 2021, but this year lawmakers removed the projects and replaced them with operating appropriations for HTA ....
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Ethics: Honolulu City Board Member Refuses to File Financial Disclosure
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 1958 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... the Commission hereby recommends to the Board Member’s Appointing Authority that the Board Member should be removed from the Board ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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He Owned the Land for Just a Day, But Received 212 Credits from County
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 5207 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use, Tax Credits
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“...Rajesh Budhabhatti is a subject of a public corruption/wire fraud case....”
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Friday, June 17, 2022 |
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Bribery: Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga Arrested by FBI
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5669 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Secret Swearing in for Joe Logan Designed to Head Off New Questions About Special Treatment
By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 AM :: 2196 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... is the protection of ‘FOP’ (friends and family of the police) so ingrained in the force that they need not hear directly from Joe Logan to know that they should let his meth addict son off the hook again and again? ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Volta Securities Fraud: Did Latest Hawaii High Tech Fail Take a Bite out of ERS?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:05 PM :: 2267 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards? Yes. Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Cocaine News Update: Is Council District 2 Reserved for Crime Families?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 7627 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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... Council Dist 2: Makua Rothman vs convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Hawaii Mission Academy Sued Over ‘White Privilege’ Attack on Hapa Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 PM :: 4538 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... How much money will Hawaii private school boards be willing to pay lawyers for the ‘privilege’ of pushing this latest pseudo-intellectual academic fad on their students? ....
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Saturday, May 28, 2022 |
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Audit: 'No Limits' to HPD Overtime
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 2249 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... overtime cards, which document overtime requests and approval for payroll purposes, are managed manually, increasing the risk for human error, abuse, and fraud ....
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Monday, May 23, 2022 |
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Ige Appoints Two to Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 1392 Views :: Ethics
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... Governor David Ige re-appointed Wesley Fong to a new four-year term on the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission, and appointed Dr. Robert Hong to fill a seat soon to be vacated by outgoing Commissioner Melinda Wood ....
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Saturday, May 14, 2022 |
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Joe Negeuse Appointed to Represent Hawaii Congressional District 2
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 PM :: 2767 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... According to an on-line biography, “Neguse and his wife Andrea live in Lafayette, CO, where they are raising their young daughter, Natalie.” ....
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Friday, May 13, 2022 |
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After Bribery Convictions, Legislators Tout Ethics Reforms
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 1892 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections
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... 8 of the 14 bills identified by Commission were adopted by 2022 Legislature ....
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Monday, May 9, 2022 |
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14 'Good Government' Bills Heading to Governor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 1445 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Common Cause Hawaii 2022 Legislative Wrap-Up ....
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Sunday, May 8, 2022 |
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UIPA and Sunshine Bills Passed in 2022 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1996 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... The Hawaii State Legislature has passed the following bills and resolution concerning the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) and Sunshine Law ....
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Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
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Mafia News: Kahele Admits he was Picked for State Senate by Malu Motta’s Best Friend
By Video @ 11:59 PM :: 16172 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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... Kahele was picked for the Senate by the best friend of a double murderer. A bribery convict helped him "transition to the State Senate", a friend of Katherine Kealoha works for him, and Honolulu's unindicted mayor made way for his Gubernatorial campaign ....
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Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
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Audit: Caldwell Admin Signed off on ‘Deficient’ Building Permits for Three Years
By Andrew Walden @ 10:06 PM :: 3067 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Is there a public safety hazard? DPP’s Michael Silva can’t say ....
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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Auditor Witch Hunt Over: House Investigators Don't Bother Writing Final Report
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:23 PM :: 1945 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... the draft report upon which our comments were based was missing findings, had numerous placeholders, and was missing complete sections altogether ....
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