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Tuesday, December 19, 2023 |
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Chinese Illegals: CNMI DMV Chief Convicted of License Fraud
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 1522 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News
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... As Chief of the BMV, Leon Guerrero knowingly permitted 'Ivan' to submit fraudulent immigration documents, on at least 50 occasions between January 2020 and December 2022 ....
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Friday, December 15, 2023 |
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Green Picks Miyake for HD10 Vacancy
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 2689 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Tyson Miyake--Construction boss and former Maui County Chief of Staff under Victorino, now Vice President of Corporate Affairs for lobbying firm, Karey Kapoi LLC ....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023 |
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Hilo Police Detective Arrested for Perjury and Tampering With a Government Record
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 1344 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... Following his arrest, Brown was placed on leave without pay pending the outcome ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Two types of corruption fuel cronyism in Hawaii — illegal and legal
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:14 PM :: 1372 Views :: Ethics
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... Legal corruption comes in the form of special interest groups currying favor from politicians to pass laws that narrowly benefit just them ....
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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Fire: AG Subpoenas Maui County Officials
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 1253 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Subpoenas have been served upon the Maui Emergency Management Agency, the County of Maui Department of Public Works, and the County of Maui Department of Water Supply ....
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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CBS: Maui County Uncooperative with Fire Investigation
By Video @ 5:15 PM :: 1860 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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“...Multiple sources are telling CBS News that Maui county officials, from Mayor Richard Bissen on down, are not responding to requests for interviews from Hawai`i state officials who are conducting an official investigation about the fire launched by governor Josh Green....”
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Thursday, November 23, 2023 |
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After FBI Raid, CNHA Demands Hawai'i Free Press 'Cease Operations'
By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 4975 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
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Confirmed: Union Lawyer Appointed to Supreme Court
By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 1454 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Labor
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... Devens’ legal experiences go beyond corporate practice, having represented several labor unions, including the State of Hawaiʻi Organization of Police Officers, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, and more ....
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 |
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DOBOR: We Knew Surf School Bidding Was Rigged
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 2057 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Small Business
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... After 'randomly' choosing four companies it turned out three of them are owned by the same person. ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Caldwell's COVID Slush Fund: 'Follow the Money'
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:36 PM :: 1573 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, Tourism, COVID-19
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... you have to follow the money, especially when there’s a huge surge of funds given to the government to dole out ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Former Kauai PD Employee gets Jail for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 1596 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... Hiranaka repaid the State of Hawaiʻi $75,633.25 in restitution ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Fronting for the Contractors: CNHA Hosting Debris Removal Meeting
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 1688 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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Felon Watch: Nan buying Grace Pacific from A&B
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 AM :: 3821 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail
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... convicted felon to gain even more control over Hawaii CIP projects ....
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Audit Exposes Caldwell’s $175M Slush Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 4865 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Audio Reveals HECO Informing Maui PD Lahaina Power is Off
By Audio @ 7:23 PM :: 3346 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Police
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“The BBC obtained audio of a conversation between Maui police and Hawaiian Electric in which the power company confirms that power has been turned off in the town of Lahaina.”
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Crossing the Rubicon Again
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1538 Views :: Ethics, Development, Taxes
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... Green suspended the General Excise Tax as it related to vendors involved in the design, construction, sale, lease, or financing of housing projects designed to provide rapid relief to the homeless ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Handling Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Calls Climate Change An ‘Existential Threat’
By Video @ 6:24 PM :: 2225 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week that Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies can proceed to trial ....
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
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How monster homes came to be: A Halloween Story
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 PM :: 2420 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... meet the monster’s creators ....
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Thursday, October 26, 2023 |
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Green's Latest Housing Proclamation Removes Sunshine Law Exemption
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 903 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation should comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements ....
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 |
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Slavery Poisons Solar Industry’s Supply Chains
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:11 PM :: 1621 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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... Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor ....
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |
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As Predicted: Andy Winer's Law Partner Nominated for Supreme Court
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 2245 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... raised in the boiler room of Hawaii local politics ....
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Sunday, October 22, 2023 |
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Stop Permitting Favoritism
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:31 AM :: 1860 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others ....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Sheriff's Top Training Officer Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 1880 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... her fake qualifications will protect every officer she trained ....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Debris Removal: Corps of Engineers Contractors Purposefully Damage 100s of Properties to Make More Money
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 2567 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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"... an intentional effort to capitalize on this tragedy by defrauding the government ...."
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Lahaina: Corps of Engineers Fake 'Toxic' Cleanup Money Spinner for CNHA, 8a Companies
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 2613 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... The announcement comes as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to initiate the next phase of the recovery ....
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
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Is it really a good idea to build a new Aloha Stadium?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 2161 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... Considering the record of the old Aloha Stadium, there are many questions ....
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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Maui: Water Meters Taken from Fire Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 2064 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... For customers whose houses were destroyed, the Director of the Department of Water Supply has temporarily canceled water service until the property owner is ready for reconnection ....
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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'B-' Hawaii Community Redistricting Report Card
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1515 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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... Maps were made public right before meetings, which did not allow for adequate time to review them thoroughly ....
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Monday, October 9, 2023 |
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DLNR: Official Who Withheld Firefighting Water Gets Job Back
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 2461 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Land Use
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... fake 'investigation' ends as soon as Maui Council ponies up political capital ....
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Sunday, October 8, 2023 |
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Who Really Pays?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1762 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics, Development
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... the costs of corruption, fraud, and related bad behavior ....
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Saturday, October 7, 2023 |
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Aloha Stadium Boondoggle Becoming Instagram Joke
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:49 PM :: 2151 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Jonah Jameson from the "Spiderman" movie franchise laughing at a news headline about the stadium project with a sarcastic caption above it that reads "This won't be another disaster like the rail." ....
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Friday, October 6, 2023 |
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Hawaii AG Investigating Fraudulent Lahaina Fundraising
By News Release @ 7:12 PM :: 1960 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... several unregistered fundraisers have registered with the department. Some fundraisers have voluntarily ceased solicitation, while other fundraisers are currently subject to further departmental review and scrutiny ....
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Sunday, October 1, 2023 |
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Let the Donor Beware
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:46 AM :: 1868 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics
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... the fund directs the user to a page on ActBlue, a fund-raising platform used by Democrats ....
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Thursday, September 28, 2023 |
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EPA: Civil Beat Publisher Profits from Sale of Illegal Pesticides
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 2246 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...EPA alleges that eBay Sold Unlawful Pesticides, Prohibited Products Containing a Restricted Chemical and Illegal Devices that Defeat Pollution Controls on Motor Vehicles....
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Thursday, September 28, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Breaks Law on Voter Rolls
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:36 PM :: 2061 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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... Hawaii’s chief election officer violated the National Voter Registration Act, which requires states to update voter registration rolls regularly ....
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Sunday, September 24, 2023 |
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Lahaina Scammers
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1922 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... there is a darker side ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Has HART gone off the rails again?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 1753 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Natalie Iwasa, who was appointed by state Speaker of the House Scott Saiki, has been barred from participating in executive sessions ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Challenging the Housing Czar
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1839 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Threats of violence ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Building Permit: A Six-Year Odyssey
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:52 PM :: 2507 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... "the 100% lunacy of TAG's six-year odyssey to obtain a building permit to renovate what is now The Brad Powell Theatre." ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Green Greed behind Lahaina Deaths
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 4510 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Greenmail
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... between 2019 and 2022, Hawaiian Electric invested less than $245,000 on wildfire-specific projects on the island. Instead of spending necessary funds to prevent fires caused by its equipment, Hawaiian Electric instead spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal, which earned the Company bonuses that the Company’s executives used to increase their own compensation ....
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
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Can Hawaii Republicans Stop Vexatious Litigants?
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2078 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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"... Honolulu County Chair Steve Lipscomb, former State Chair candidate Charlotte Rosecrans, and former Vice-Chair and interim State Chair Lohi Goodman dishonestly presented themselves to party members as candidates for leadership without disclosing they signed the petition to remove Republicans from the Hawaii ballot...."
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Monday, September 11, 2023 |
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Bribery: Last DPP Criminal Sentenced
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2409 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP ....
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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DoE Employee Convicted of Theft
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 2088 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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CNHA Buys Another Apartment Building--No New Affordable Units Created
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 2058 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties" ....
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Friday, September 1, 2023 |
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Suit: Hawaii governor overreaches with housing crisis proclamation
By Court House News @ 1:59 PM :: 1992 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Native Hawaiian interest groups and environmental organizations joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and the Sierra Club on Thursday ....
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Friday, September 1, 2023 |
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UL Lab to Conduct Lahaina Investigation
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 1587 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... "to assess the policies and performance of state and county agencies" -- not MECO ....
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Thursday, August 31, 2023 |
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US House Committee opens investigation into Hawaiian Electric
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 1792 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics
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"... Has the Hawai’i State Energy Office been involved? ...."
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