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Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
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Three Years Later: Auditor Reviews OHA Compliance
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:33 PM :: 2201 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"We found the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has implemented 10 and partially implemented 1 of the 11 recommendations made in our report...."
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Saturday, August 14, 2021 |
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Open-records law restored, but transparency still needed
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:10 AM :: 2588 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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... It’s been about 525 days since the first lockdown began ....
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Saturday, August 7, 2021 |
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Ige Lifts Suspension Of Hawaii’s Open Government Laws
By News Release @ 12:48 AM :: 3084 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... Consequently, the UIPA and all its deadlines are back in full effect. As OIP has advised agencies all along, it will be disinclined to grant any further extensions in pending UIPA and Sunshine Law appeals filed with OIP ....
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Monday, August 2, 2021 |
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Ethics: DOCARE Officers Fix Personal Vehicle During Work Hours
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 2518 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... the repairs took several hours and occurred during state business hours and on state property ....
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Sunday, August 1, 2021 |
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Too Many Red Flags to Ignore: OHA Must Follow Up on the CLA Report
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:44 PM :: 9594 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... I do not believe OHA Administration’s implementation plan satisfies the directive given to OHA via Act 29 ....
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Sunday, August 1, 2021 |
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Property Forfeitures and What Our AG is Doing About Them
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2481 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... property may be forfeited without a court hearing, without compensation, and at times, without even a criminal charge filed against the property owner. ...
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Saturday, July 31, 2021 |
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70% or 82%?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:27 PM :: 2529 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... we are witnessing the breakdown in trust that occurs when there is not enough transparency in government decision-making ....
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Sunday, July 25, 2021 |
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Special Land and Development Fund, Revisited
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3151 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, OHA
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... rent for the property was $100,000 while subleases of the same property brought in $300,000 ....
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Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
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Kauai Woman Pleads Guilty To Multiple Wire Fraud Schemes And Aggravated Identity Theft
By News Release @ 5:30 AM :: 2958 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Federal prosecutors say she stole from Kamehameha Schools students needing financial aid and from Gates Millennium Scholars. The government also accuses her of stealing information from a non-profit mobile health unit for Native Hawaiians on Kauai ....
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021 |
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Asset Forfeiture Audit: After 30 years Program Finally Gets Administrative Rules
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:20 PM :: 2340 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... the program was unable to accurately account for forfeited property ....
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
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Aalto’s Conflicts of Interest Disqualify Him for HART Board
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 3290 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Aalto's movies given major funding by rail supporters ....
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Saturday, July 17, 2021 |
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Ethics: COVID Profiteering by DoH Employee
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 2731 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... used his state computer and state email account to send an email to the Chief Executive Officer of a private health care facility in which he solicited the CEO to purchase personal protective equipment from a private company, M&W Suppliers ....
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Friday, July 9, 2021 |
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Police Corruption Scandals Revenge for Gambling Prosecutions?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:14 PM :: 10076 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Ethics, Gambling, Police
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... What part of ‘mutually assured destruction’ did they not understand? ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Embezzlement, Bribery: Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 5307 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA, COVID-19
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... Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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OHA Awards $1.77 Million in COVID-19 Impact and Response Grants
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 2114 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... A total of 15 Hawaiʻi nonprofit organizations on five islands will receive a total of $1.77 million ....
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 |
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Secret Tax Relief for Hotels on Maui?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3355 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Taxes, Tourism
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“...the coronavirus pandemic has challenged the County to make many unprecedented decisions. One such decision was to reduce the Assessed Values of Hotel and Resort properties due to the catastrophic drops in occupancy experienced by that industry....”
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Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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HGEA Protects Sheriff Deputy After He Admitted Doing Favors for Katherine Kealoha
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 3973 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Cayetano and Kealoha have a lengthy professional relationship that includes serving together on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation ....
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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Ethics: School Principal Gives $43K in 'Cash Advances', Runs up credit card
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 2624 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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"...the Governing Board failed to manage the financial performance of the school...."
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Monday, June 21, 2021 |
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'Procurement Collusion' -- Hanabusa, HART Reported to Federal Authorities
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 3979 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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... In order to steer a consulting contract to its former Board Chair, Colleen Hanabusa, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), a federally-funded rail transit project, imposed the following narrowly tailored requirements on bidders ....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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FBI Raids Lead to Shakeup at Planning Commission?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 5505 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal authorities, March 30, 2021, unsealed indictments charging six DPP employees in a bribery scheme going back as far as 2012. Challacombe had been Deputy Director of the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting from 2013-2016, and then Acting Director in 2016-17 ....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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End COVID-19 transparency dodge
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 AM :: 2750 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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... Hawaii businesses might be reopening, but Hawaii government agencies still have a ways to go ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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HPD Sued for False Arrest, Conflict of Interest
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 2878 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... The lawsuit seeks to end HPD’s continuing policy of allowing officers with conflicts of interest to abuse their police powers for personal benefit ....
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Friday, June 4, 2021 |
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Nominees Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 6:18 AM :: 2242 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Hawaii Supreme Court is seeking to fill four attorney and two non-attorney positions on the Disciplinary Board ....
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Saturday, May 29, 2021 |
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Ethics: 'Nonprofit' Finds Legal Way to Grease State Employees
By News Release @ 12:34 AM :: 2857 Views :: Ethics
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... the Agency has collaborated with the Nonprofit Corporations in the development of the content; and second, the Agency specifically encouraged the Employees to undertake this additional work ....
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 |
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DoJ: Steve Wynn Has to Register as Chinese Foreign Agent After Dealing with Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 4622 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Republican Party
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... Nickie Lum Davis pleaded guilty last year to aiding and abetting FARA violations in connection with the work ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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UIPA Requests for FY2020
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 1937 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... data about Hawaii’s open records law collected by 284 state, county, and independent agencies on their UIPA Record Request Logs for FY 2020 ....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
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FBI Investigating Navatek Insiders for Illegal Campaign contributions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 3125 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... A recently unsealed search warrant application shows the FBI believes a Hawaii defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins super PAC and reimbursed donations to Collins' campaign ....
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Saturday, May 15, 2021 |
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Rep Ward: "It's clearly time to open up the State Capitol"
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:25 AM :: 2556 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... The State Capitol has been closed since March of 2020 when the pandemic began, and unlike other State and government buildings across our State, the Capitol has remained closed to the public ....
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 |
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DoH Revokes License of Maui Weed Dealer
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 2699 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs
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... The NOVO was issued due to the licensee’s ongoing failure to submit annual independent financial audits ....
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Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
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HART needs to quit being so secretive
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:24 AM :: 2576 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Marked “Confidential (Not for Distribution),” the document contains analyses of both the original plan for the rail and 27 alternatives ....
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Friday, May 7, 2021 |
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The U.S. Owes Hawaiians Millions of Dollars Worth of Land. Hawaii Congressional Delegation Helped Make Sure the Debt Wasn’t Paid.
By Selected News Articles @ 5:37 PM :: 5155 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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... At least six other current and former members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation have supported such legislation one or more times ....
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Friday, May 7, 2021 |
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How the Deals Approved by Congress Bypassed Thousands of Hawaiians Waiting for Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 PM :: 3722 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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... They were authorized via special legislation approved by Congress, including members of Hawaii’s own delegation ....
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
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Legislators Breathe New Life into Auditing OHA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:06 AM :: 2795 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... During the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers demonstrated strong interest in matters concerning the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:19 PM :: 3151 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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...The Fumble or The Phantom Punch....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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Legislature allows governor to act without restraint for another year
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:26 PM :: 2964 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... This bill was so close to the finish line that the only question seemed to be whether Gov. Ige would agree to limit his power ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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OHA aide accused of wire fraud--Tried to Flee Country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:49 PM :: 4070 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Small Business
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... Court documents said Harleman used his firm, Precision Accounting Hawaii, to defraud an Oahu landscaping business out more than $415,000 ....
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
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Capital improvement procurement protests grind to a halt
By Andrew Walden @ 11:30 PM :: 2938 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... a “potential catastrophe” enabling “abuse of discretion… (which) …will promote and enable favoritism and/or corruption in public procurement.” ....
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Sunday, April 25, 2021 |
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Mehau in Majuro – How the US Meth Epidemic Began
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 PM :: 11618 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Drugs
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... “We’re not proud of it. But crystal methamphetamine is our gift to the nation. It started here.” -- Judge and Former US Attorney Ed Kubo ....
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Sunday, April 25, 2021 |
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The Whackee Strikes Back!
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:38 PM :: 3485 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... and he pulls no punches ....
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 |
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Legislative Audit of OHA’s Limited Liability Companies Cancelled
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:28 AM :: 3296 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...This is a great loss to OHA‘s beneficiaries. There are numerous questions of accountability and transparency which will go unanswered without the state legislative audit...."
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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State Auditor Facing a Whack Job?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4679 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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... the report spends lots of time reviewing the Auditor’s recent actions involving the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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After Kaka'ako Makai Debacle: 'OHA Shall Seek Decision Making Influence over All Land in Hawai'i'
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 AM :: 4573 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
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Aipoalani: Being banned never stopped him
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 2703 Views :: Ethics
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he “...had previously attempted to divert federal grant funds to his bank account”....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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SB1350: Hawaii House Votes to Suspend Pay Raises for Legislators
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 3097 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The House voted for a suspension running through December 31, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Auditor: Working Group Report "Slipshod and riddled with errors and omissions"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:06 PM :: 3838 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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... Scathing ‘audit’ of Hawaii state auditor Les Kondo is met with scathing rebuttal ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Trump campaign boosted by $1.7M Pass Thru via Hawaii GOP
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 2677 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Rep Ward Questions Inaction on Legislative Pay Hikes
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:48 AM :: 3312 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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.... Speaker Saiki and Senate President Kochi have until April 28 (Adjournment Day) to rectify the situation if they so desire ....
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