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Friday, November 1, 2024
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

... The Board of Trustees voted not to pursue the exemption ....

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Thursday, October 31, 2024
How Oily Profiteer Manipulated Maui Sunscreen Legislation for Personal Gain
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 1393 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics

... Maui Council candidate Kelly King's secret sunscreen empire ....

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Friday, October 25, 2024
OIP Issues Eight New Opinions
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 717 Views :: Ethics

... OIP issued eight informal opinions since the start of fiscal year 2025 ....

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
OHA to Take Control of Kahana Valley Living Park?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 772 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, OHA, Tourism

... Will OHA transfer control of Kahana Valley to one of its LLCs? ....

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Sunday, October 20, 2024
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

... 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
Autocorrect, Now Pay Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 788 Views :: Ethics, Taxes

... 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
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

... 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
DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 906 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 736 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

... 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
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

... 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
Rep Alcos Hit with $12,500 Ethics Fine
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 1054 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

... $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
CNHA buys 'Hawai'i Stage' Event Production Company
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 1148 Views :: Ethics, Tourism

... a not-for-profit buying a for-profit subsidiary...where have we heard that before? ....

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Sunday, September 15, 2024
State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1475 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes

... 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
AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 1798 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics

... 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
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

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1224 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Foster Care Rape Room: Police Report Blows Away CWS Coverup
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 5180 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Former Waiakea HS Basketball Coach Charged with Felony Theft
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 947 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics

... 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
Audit: Police Commission Gives 'inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD'
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 894 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

"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
Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1732 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... 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
Maui Economic Development: Official Gets Paid Leave After Giving $1.4M to Friends and Family
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 1720 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Maui Economic Development: Crime Pays ....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1202 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19

... 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
Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 857 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes

... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1515 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."

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Saturday, August 10, 2024
Justice Department to Monitor Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 751 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections

... Complaints about possible violations of federal voting rights laws can be submitted ....

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Thursday, August 8, 2024
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

... 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
Trustees Raid KSBE -- 9% of Trust Burned to Save Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 11:59 PM :: 2638 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

... KSBE Trustees are very HEI-connected ....

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Sunday, August 4, 2024
Hawaii Republican Party Sells HQ—Where is the $1.2M?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 3639 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party

‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’

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Saturday, August 3, 2024
Researching State Tax Law
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 888 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes

“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
Al Hee Laughed out of Court—“Close this Case!”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 AM :: 1777 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History

“yet another attempt at serial litigation by the Hee enterprises”

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Green Skips Both Dem candidates to Appoint Waianae Senator
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 1325 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians

... 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
Justice Department Sums up Miske Case
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1109 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs

... Sentencing is scheduled for November 26, 2024 ....

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Thursday, July 25, 2024
OIP: Five Changes to Sunshine Law
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 831 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government

... five bills amending the Sunshine Law ....

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Friday, July 19, 2024
DHHL Finally Dumps Al Hee's Scam Phone Company
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 891 Views :: DHHL, Ethics

... starting Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3 p.m. .....

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Thursday, July 18, 2024
Miske Convicted
By Court House News @ 11:50 PM :: 1296 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police

... 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
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

... the whole plan is predicated on insurance companies walking away from $1.4B.  It may fail ....

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Thursday, July 18, 2024
HPD Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 965 Views :: Ethics, Police

... 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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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Nago: No HD1 Special Election After Nakashima Death
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 1064 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Office of Elections, Republican Party

... Section 11-118, Hawaii Revised Statutes ....

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Saturday, July 13, 2024
Miske Lawyers Blame Wayne Miller for Everything
By Court House News @ 3:14 AM :: 1278 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs

... racketeering, fraud and attempted kidnapping ....

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Friday, July 12, 2024
​‘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

... 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
Kouchi Overthrow Risk in Waianae Senate?
By News Release @ 6:52 AM :: 2459 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians

... 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
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

... Maui County makes excuses for why they are not releasing ATF report yet ....

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Michaels CEO Indicted: 12-year racketeering conspiracy
By News Release @ 5:12 AM :: 1984 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development

... Read the indictment and visualize how Michaels execs would run the same scheme in Hawaii .... 

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Friday, July 5, 2024
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

"... 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
City: Towing Contractor Ripped off 782 Customers
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 1236 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

... invoices revealed the mishandling of a $900 fee ....

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Mayor signs bill limiting gifts to City employees
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 900 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

... prohibiting gifts to City officers and employees valued at more than $50 ....

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Monday, July 1, 2024
‘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

... 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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Monday, July 1, 2024
Supreme Court rules for broad presidential immunity in Donald Trump election subversion case
By Court House News @ 10:45 AM :: 878 Views :: National News, Ethics, Office of Elections

... but no immunity for unofficial acts ....

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Sunday, June 23, 2024
Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1810 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education

... Competitive bidding?  No need ....

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Saturday, June 22, 2024
Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 1368 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History

... 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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