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Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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Missile Alert Investigator has Conflict of Interest
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:39 PM :: 6699 Views :: Ethics, Military
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"...General Hara is a close personal friend of General Miyagi and under the command of General Logan. General Logan serves as the Director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, so how can he be evaluated by his Deputy Director, General Hara?"
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Saturday, January 20, 2018 |
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False Alarm: 'Hearing' Leaves More Unanswered Questions
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:08 AM :: 5549 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Military
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"...the only thing accomplished today was more unanswered questions and the announcement that we must wait and see what the Governor's study-report by General Hara turns up...."
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Friday, January 19, 2018 |
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Congressional Letter: Kona Resident Funnels Russian Millions to Sierra Club
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 AM :: 11833 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Russian money flowing to Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, 350.org, the Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, the Rainforest Action Network....
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
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FEC Complaint Filed Against Chin Campaign Manager
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 6473 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...The family of the late congressman Takai, meanwhile, defended Beesley’s actions for the first time today....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018 |
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Monday, January 15, 2018 |
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In Hawaii, No Heads Roll over False Missile Alarm
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 5630 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...“Once a Japanese manager or his underlings are caught in a scandalous situation, they have no other choice but to resign so that the many others who are dependent on them do not take the blame or suffer any of the consequences.”....
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Monday, January 15, 2018 |
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FEMA: Ige, Miyagi Wrong About 38 Minute Delay
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 12990 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Governor Ige and HIEMA administrator Vern Miyagi say they had to obtain permission from FEMA ... FEMA says that’s not true....
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Thursday, January 11, 2018 |
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Applicants Wanted For State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 3895 Views :: Ethics
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...The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission. These terms on the Commission will run from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 |
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Sunday, January 7, 2018 |
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Chin to Campaign on the Job for 9 More Weeks
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 7737 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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..will appoint committee of cronies to choose the most advantageous legal positions....
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Saturday, December 30, 2017 |
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Akana: Crabbe Worked on Book on OHA Time for 5 Years
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 8150 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...is spending five years of staff time on it to publish a book more important than the life of our people or their homeless plight? ...the public could easily see it as self-serving and done on the backs of our beneficiaries....
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Thursday, December 28, 2017 |
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Kelii Akina: One Year at OHA a Report Card
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:58 PM :: 6289 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Politicians
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...I committed myself to doing three things for the sake of the Hawaiian people: First, ensure a full and independent audit of OHA. Secondly, guide OHA towards financial sustainability as well as growth. Third, watch to make sure OHA funds are not misspent but rather used to meet the real needs of Hawaiian people....
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017 |
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Bloomberg: Jones Act political contributions and lobbying
By Michael Hansen @ 6:36 PM :: 6018 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act, Labor
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...Still playing with U.S. ports....
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Sunday, December 17, 2017 |
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Defense Department to Investigate Chinese Aid to Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 12878 Views :: National News, Ethics, Military
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...islanders to trade in “U.S. government handouts, which are scheduled to end in 2023, for the wide-open promise of Chinese-style capitalism....”
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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Child Molester: KSBE Apology letter implies abuse since 1962
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 6941 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...unforgivable acts of physical and emotional abuse committed against Kamehameha School students at the hands of Dr. Robert Browne, a St. Francis consulting psychiatrist between the years of 1962 through 1984....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Ethics: Top HTA Execs Busted Taking Travel Upgrades
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 6261 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...Top HTA Exec solicited thousands of dollars in travel perks from Hawaiian, JAL, Starwood, China Air, and others....
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 9365 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Politicians
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...The seeming political power play is actually a sign of Perreira’s weakness....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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OHA Audit: Three Questions
By Video @ 9:11 PM :: 4636 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The Hawai'i Auditorʻs Performance Audit Of OHA Is About To Be Publicly Released....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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Kamehameha School Child Molester Case – Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 AM :: 15708 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Judge Crandall's husband, David Schulmeister, and his law firm, Cades Schutte, represented the Kamehameha Schools, billing as much as $1 million a year....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Ethics Fine: Guard Must Return Cash after $10K Inmate Payoff
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 7376 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...In or around November 2009, Respondent Kanazawa-Yee and two other ACOs, ACO A and ACO B, planned to obtain money from Inmate....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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The Tax Administration Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4537 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the Tax Administration Special Fund is becoming an all-purpose slush fund for which corrective action is needed....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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The Truth About OHA Audits
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 5811 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...this audit will, according to the SOQ, "provide recommendations on organizational, structural and procedural improvement[s] to strengthen the BOT's fiduciary oversight of the OHA and its LLCs."...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Child Molester: Petition Demands Kamehameha Schools Take Responsibility
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 4908 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...justice, reparation and healing for those individuals who were violated decades ago....
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
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ConCon: OHA Admin Pushing to Abolish OHA Board of Trustees?
By Video @ 4:17 PM :: 7043 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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...Mana ka Lahui--what's their hidden agenda?....
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
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OHA Strategic Plan? Results Not Updated since 2013
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 6287 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, OHA
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...the State of Hawaii Dashboard and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Dashboard are only current up to 2013 for most of the categories presented....
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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How Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Covers Up Sex Harassment Reports
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 11197 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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...Hawaii taxpayers may have been soaked as much as $200K in settlements which keep sex harassment quiet....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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After Auditor's Report, Department of Public Safety Agrees to Close Revolving Fund
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:59 PM :: 4816 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...OUR REVIEW OF SIX SPECIAL FUNDS, three revolving funds, four trust funds, and five trust accounts of the Department of Public Safety....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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New Claims by State in Airport Hangar Lawsuit
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 5746 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...The evidence suggests that dck worldwide directed how dck pacific handled payments to subcontractors....
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
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To Help Campaign Contributors, Hanabusa Blocks Missile Defense for Hawaii for 6 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 6617 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act reflects language inserted in the bill by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa that blocks the immediate deplyment of Ageis Ashore on Kauai....
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Monday, November 20, 2017 |
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Insider Trading: State Employee Writes RFP, then Works for Bidders
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 4197 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the former state employee could improperly benefit by trading on his or her “insider knowledge” to secure future employment or business opportunities....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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Honolulu Ethics Commission to Discuss Strategic Plan
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 3488 Views :: Ethics
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...Exposure Draft — November 15, 2017 Ethics Commission meeting....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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State Ethics Commission 2018 Legislative Agenda
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 4523 Views :: Ethics
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...Proposed Legislation for 2018 Legislative Session....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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$1.8B Special Fund Audit: DHRD Refuses to Report to Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:42 AM :: 5738 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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..."We disagree with DHRD. The statutory requirements that DHRD report to the Legislature are unambiguous and do not exempt these trust funds." -- Auditor....
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Sunday, November 12, 2017 |
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Island Air: Did the Airports Division bamboozle Fitch Ratings?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 AM :: 8113 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“The Airports Division expects near-term traffic results will be better than projected due to Island Air expanding interisland traffic...." -- Fitch Ratings, October 26, 2017
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Friday, November 10, 2017 |
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Civil Beat: Banks and Developers ‘help to fund a lot of stories’
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 7490 Views :: Ethics, Development, First Amendment
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...“We got a few hundred subscribers, but nothing really earth shattering,” Epler says...Civil Beat has an annual budget of roughly $3 million and a staff of about 22 to 24 people....
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Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
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New Yorker Expose--Tulsi Gabbard's Krishna Cult
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 19875 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...“She’s got a servant attitude, a servant’s heart,” Butler says....
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Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
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Akina--Let's Work Together for Hawaiian Charter Schools
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 5752 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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Clearly, OHA owes our beneficiaries a sincere apology and a commitment to change our practices internally....
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Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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The Importance of Accurate Testimony
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:04 PM :: 5367 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“The FTA will allow nothing less.” -- Kirk Caldwell
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Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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Maui Rep Kaniela Ing Forms Urban Honolulu Congressional Campaign Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 PM :: 9784 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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...Unsurprisingly, it appears Ing is already violating the law....
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Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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Donna Brazile: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4922 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics
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... Tulsi Gabbard 'not surprised' by Donna Brazile's DNC bombshell, but 'surprised' it went public ....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Former Charter School Principal Charged with Theft
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 5799 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Allbrett, 64, is the former principal of the Halau Lokahi public charter school, a Native Hawaiian-focused charter school whose recurring financial difficulties led to the revocation of its charter....
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Sunday, October 29, 2017 |
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Should Surfrider be Licensed to Pass Out Property Tax Exemptions?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8195 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Small Business, Tax Credits
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...Recently, the Honolulu City Council approved on first reading Bill 80 (2017), which would award a real property tax exemption to “ocean-friendly restaurants.”...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
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IRS Admits Harassment of Maui TEA Party Group, Apologizes
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 7249 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, TEA Party
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...In Proposed Settlement, IRS Admits Wrongdoing, Apologizes for Targeting Tea Party and Conservative Groups....
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
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Over $685K Stolen from Two Marshall Islands Trust Funds
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 7403 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"...State Street is in the process of reimbursing all funds fraudulently transferred out of a separate account which is managed and administered solely by the RMI Government...."
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017 |
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Unanimous Police Commission Names Maj. Susan Ballard HPD Chief
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 8048 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...“I was not involved in (Kealoha's) administration whatsoever. I was very marginalized, because I was very vocal,” she said....
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017 |
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What Can You Learn from CNHA Failure?
By Video @ 6:58 PM :: 8185 Views :: Akaka Bill, Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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...What Are The Lessons From The Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement's Failure To Get Charter School Money From OHA?....
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Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Feds: Kealoha Stole $167K from Orphans
By Andrew Walden @ 11:07 PM :: 7346 Views :: Ethics, Police
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...In or about 2004, while employed as a private attorney, K. KEALOHA was appointed by the Hawaii state court as trustee and guardian for two minor children....
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