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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 :: 174 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 :: 172 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... a not-for-profit buying a for-profit subsidary...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 :: 989 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 :: 978 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 :: 1010 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 :: 947 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 :: 754 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 :: 717 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 :: 1551 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 :: 1060 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 :: 699 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 :: 1333 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 :: 629 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 :: 2259 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 :: 3156 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 :: 751 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 :: 1595 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 :: 1121 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 :: 946 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 :: 692 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 :: 784 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 :: 1123 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 :: 3104 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 :: 842 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 :: 1060 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 :: 895 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 :: 2239 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 :: 495 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 :: 1641 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 :: 1345 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 :: 1113 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 :: 766 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 :: 1561 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 :: 1210 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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Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
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Geanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3091 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... CWS social workers did not seek immediate medical attention for John “A.B.” Doe after Geanna Bradley was found murdered on January 18, 2024, instead, on January 19, 2024, they placed him with Brandy Blas’ sister ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 2398 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024. Now we know why ....
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 |
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Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 1226 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Pierre Omidyar
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... to assist in applying for and securing federal funds relating to renewable energy, local food, clean transportation, and fresh water ....
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Saturday, June 1, 2024 |
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Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 AM :: 5394 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... UPDATE Monday, June 3, 2024: Republican Sen Brenton Awa pulled and filed today. Democrats Clayton Hee and Ben Shafer filed their nomination petitions. ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Al Hee to Cut Hawaiian Homelands Phone Lines?
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 2559 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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Kalua Case Secrecy: Hawaii Department of Human Services Nominated for 'Golden Padlock Award'
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 1497 Views :: Ethics, Family
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... for stonewalling a review of its own actions in the death of a 6-year-old girl ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Secret Administrative Directives, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1227 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... secret instructions from the Director of Taxation to his staff ....
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Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 1081 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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Sue Big Pharma: State Scores $900M Jackpot
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 1327 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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"they did not update their label”
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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DHHL: After Hawaiian Tel Auction Buy, Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 2352 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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...At a May 20, 2024, US Marshall’s Auction on the steps of the Honolulu Federal Courthouse, Hawaiian Tel won ownership of the former assets of Sandwich Isles Communications....
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