Ethics

Some of the gifts are valued at up to $1,000....

The FCC order exposes more information on Hee than has ever before been made public....

In order to properly greet Huffington to the Isles, we present readers with some of the best material out there on this very strange bird....

...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....

Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....

The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....

...push for more separation between corporate interests and public governance....

...the first systematic evaluation of the effects of campaign finance laws....

Fuchs claims that Judge Ayabe's wife did legal work for three of Fuchs's adversaries in the foreclosure case....

Due to maneuvers by various legislative committees resulting in major changes in bills without public notice, we are petitioning the legislative bodies to defeat the following bills....

...seeking proposals from (ahem) 'qualified non-profit organizations' for $1.6 million in Grants-in-Aid funds....

... he received improper gifts and didn’t report them, misused campaign or official resources and that he “made false statements to federal officials” ....

Leopold served in the Hawaii State legislature 1970-78.  He was also the State Director for Planned Parenthood while in Hawaii.  He then relocated to MD....

We have presented our technology to and proposed a strategic relationship with various state agencies in the State of Hawaii, which closely aligns itself with Governor Neil Abercrombie’s “New Day in Hawaii” initiative....

Both bills state in the preamble that the emergency contraceptive "is not an abortion pill" and "is not an abortifacient." That seemingly simple, and untrue statement, nullifies any protection that a federal conscience exemption might have provided....

Numerous truckloads of rocks with an estimated value of around $6,000 were allegedly removed from the property between June 27 and July 4, 2011, and were reportedly to be used to build a rock wall on Sagum’s property....

Transcript of letter from State employees attacked by Rep Faye Hanohano....

...organizations such as labor unions, political action committees, social clubs and credit unions, are eligible for these grants....

... he only selects his friends from a pool of hundreds of qualified Architects and Engineers in Honolulu ....

...teachers at the DoE’s 11 Adult Schools may have been stealing everything: Tuition money, textbook fees, lab fees, and fixed assets.  They were also being paid for hours not worked....

...20 separate violations of the State Ethics Code....

"Seeing it first hand myself was stunning. That even at the highest levels of enforcement, the Attorney General himself...."

How does cronyism affect your life? Tell us in the comments.... 

A number of tax department employees who were investigated in connection with the security breaches have been “arrested and relieved of their duties,” said state Rep. John Mizuno....

 Mugshot: Caldwell's Chief of Staff

...liberals are increasingly shedding their humanist pretentions and showing (their true) misanthropic nature....

In an unfolding plot that is part “The Sopranos,” part “An Inconvenient Truth,” authorities swept across Sicily last month....

...an audit of HART’s contracts and spending for public relations and public involvement services to determine what service(s) each employee, contractor and subcontractor provides....

“I see no compelling reason to significantly revise the current policy at this point in time.” -- Response to Audit from Council Chair Ernie Martin 

• Blake v. County of Kauai Planning Comm'n,
• Kanahele v. Maui County Council

While firms can install solar panels for roughly $5 per watt of energy and make a comfortable profit, some firms were charging as much as $7 and $8 per watt….

Taxes on wages, dividends, interest, and partnership/sole proprietor income would exceed 50 percent only in Hawaii, California, and New York City….

The White House’s proposal? $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and a change that would make it easier to raise the debt limit....

Among the 50 states, the top 10 least competitive commercial health insurance markets are in: 1. Alabama, 2. Hawaii, 3. Michigan....

...this action should not be taken as a sign that the Supreme Court is reconsidering the merits of the claims it addressed in NFIB....

The U.S. Supreme Court decides next week whether to hear challenges to laws defining marriage as the conjugal union of a man and a woman....

Survey of four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes covers 72,000 properties in 2,500 U.S. Markets....

...HSUS did not provide grants to any Hawaii shelters and rescues in 2011 to support pet sheltering....

... rankings of the fifty U.S. states according to average monthly mortgage payment and provides the average monthly mortgage payment ....

"The ultrarich, including me, will forever pursue investment opportunities."