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Friday, November 1, 2024 |
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4-3 Vote: OHA Trustees Decide not to seek Exemption from Sunshine Law
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 1186 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The Board of Trustees voted not to pursue the exemption ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
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How Oily Profiteer Manipulated Maui Sunscreen Legislation for Personal Gain
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 1393 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics
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... Maui Council candidate Kelly King's secret sunscreen empire ....
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Friday, October 25, 2024 |
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OIP Issues Eight New Opinions
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 717 Views :: Ethics
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... OIP issued eight informal opinions since the start of fiscal year 2025 ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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OHA to Take Control of Kahana Valley Living Park?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 772 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, OHA, Tourism
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... Will OHA transfer control of Kahana Valley to one of its LLCs? ....
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Sunday, October 20, 2024 |
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Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission: Republicans OK as long as they don’t spend any money defeating Hawaii Democrats
By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 1536 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... Hawaii Republicans can do anything they want with their $546,381.14--derived from selling the Party headquarters—as long as they don’t spend it on winning state or county elections ....
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Sunday, October 20, 2024 |
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Autocorrect, Now Pay Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 788 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... Department of Taxation computers don't necessarily tell you when they change some of the information that’s been input ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 1918 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO. The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 906 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development
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... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 736 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... The specifics of the Request for Clarifications are not known to the Stadium Authority, its members said. The identities of the committee members have not been made public ....
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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After Kiddie Porn Indictment, Kamakana Villages Residents Demand New Management
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 1292 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... In December 2023, the FBI conducted a raid of the managers’ apartment and the Lei Ohana office at Kamakana Villages, seizing computers and other items implicated in the production of child pornography ....
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Friday, September 20, 2024 |
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Rep Alcos Hit with $12,500 Ethics Fine
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 1054 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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... $3.2 million in federal and state tax liens filed against Alcos in an attempt to collect taxes owed by Alcos’ company D.A. Builders LLC ....
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Thursday, September 19, 2024 |
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CNHA buys 'Hawai'i Stage' Event Production Company
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 1148 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... a not-for-profit buying a for-profit subsidiary...where have we heard that before? ....
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Sunday, September 15, 2024 |
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State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1475 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....
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Friday, September 13, 2024 |
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AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 1798 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics
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... lack of pre-event planning, unified incident command and operational coordination resulted in insufficient communications that impacted the ability to provide effective evacuation and firefighting operations ....
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Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
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Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 1457 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1224 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....
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Saturday, August 31, 2024 |
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Friday, August 30, 2024 |
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Former Waiakea HS Basketball Coach Charged with Felony Theft
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 947 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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... Smith allegedly collected $3,627.00 from the team members’ parents and kept the money for himself ....
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Friday, August 30, 2024 |
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Audit: Police Commission Gives 'inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD'
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 894 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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"The HPC expressed general disagreement with our two primary findings and noted lukewarm consideration to implement some of the recommendations."
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1732 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... since January, four ethics opinions regarding Maui County employees who see their job as an opportunity to direct 'non-profit' grant funds to friends and family ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2024 |
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1202 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from nine states including Hawaii ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 857 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
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Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1515 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."
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Saturday, August 10, 2024 |
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Justice Department to Monitor Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 751 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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... Complaints about possible violations of federal voting rights laws can be submitted ....
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Thursday, August 8, 2024 |
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Full Text: Insurance Company Lawyers Debunk Green’s Fake Lahaina Fire Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2589 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary
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... All other Hawai'i media are pretending Green's settlement is real. Fortunately, you are reading Hawai'i Free Press ....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024 |
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Sunday, August 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii Republican Party Sells HQ—Where is the $1.2M?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 3639 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’
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Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
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Researching State Tax Law
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 888 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
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Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
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Al Hee Laughed out of Court—“Close this Case!”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 AM :: 1777 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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“yet another attempt at serial litigation by the Hee enterprises”
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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Green Skips Both Dem candidates to Appoint Waianae Senator
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 1325 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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... Green had protested the fact that he could not make an appointment without thumbing the scale for one candidate or another ....
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Monday, July 29, 2024 |
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Justice Department Sums up Miske Case
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1109 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... Sentencing is scheduled for November 26, 2024 ....
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Thursday, July 25, 2024 |
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OIP: Five Changes to Sunshine Law
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 831 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... five bills amending the Sunshine Law ....
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Friday, July 19, 2024 |
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DHHL Finally Dumps Al Hee's Scam Phone Company
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 891 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... starting Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3 p.m. .....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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Miske Convicted
By Court House News @ 11:50 PM :: 1296 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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... convicted of 13 of the 16 remaining charges against him, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit assault ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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FAIL: Hawaiian Electric Among Firms in $4 Billion Maui Fire Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 3515 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Cost of Living
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... the whole plan is predicated on insurance companies walking away from $1.4B. It may fail ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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HPD Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 965 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Kaninau was involved in an automobile accident and subsequently obtained a GEICO insurance policy. He then attempted to file a claim ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Miske Lawyers Blame Wayne Miller for Everything
By Court House News @ 3:14 AM :: 1278 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... racketeering, fraud and attempted kidnapping ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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‘Enough of the terror’: Prosecutors urge jury to convict accused Hawaii crime boss
By Court House News @ 3:38 AM :: 1079 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... Miske "left a path of battered bodies, shattered lives, traumatized victims and death scattered in his wake,” as part of a decades-long criminal enterprise ....
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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Kouchi Overthrow Risk in Waianae Senate?
By News Release @ 6:52 AM :: 2459 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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... Gov. Josh Green says if he has to pick a new state senator for District 22 before the Aug. 10 primary it will be Cross Makani Crabbe ...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024 |
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Maui Fire, ATF officials 'clarify' process for ATF cause and origin report on Lahaina wildfire
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 627 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Maui County makes excuses for why they are not releasing ATF report yet ....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024 |
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Michaels CEO Indicted: 12-year racketeering conspiracy
By News Release @ 5:12 AM :: 1984 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Read the indictment and visualize how Michaels execs would run the same scheme in Hawaii ....
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Friday, July 5, 2024 |
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Ethics: Hawaii Socialists Illegally Lobbied for Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ Resolution on Taxpayer Dime
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 1489 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"... Respondent Coffield explained that he was so distressed by Chair Tam’s text message and email that he left work, went to a coffee shop, and then drafted and sent the email from the coffee shop. Respondent Coffield did not return to work that day and neglected to take leave ...."
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024 |
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City: Towing Contractor Ripped off 782 Customers
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 1236 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... invoices revealed the mishandling of a $900 fee ....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024 |
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Mayor signs bill limiting gifts to City employees
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 900 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... prohibiting gifts to City officers and employees valued at more than $50 ....
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Monday, July 1, 2024 |
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‘You’re Nothing!’: Hawaii Black Cop Was Belittled and Racially Bullied By Colleagues, Leading to Four Officers Arrested, Nine Others Placed on Paid Leave
By Selected News Articles @ 8:58 PM :: 1735 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... put Horton’s life at risk by ordering the man to rush into traffic at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to stop a moving vehicle while on foot ....
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Saturday, June 22, 2024 |
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Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 1368 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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... Al Hee was convicted was criminal tax fraud in 2016, which resulted in the FCC and HPUC stripping SIC’s ability to receive USF subsidies ....
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