Ethics

... SPJ opposes Hawaii bill that would penalize journalists for violating Donna Mercado Kim's 'ethical' standards ....

... learn more about Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ plan to change the law that will allow residential development up to 400 ft tall in Kaka’ako Makai ....

“While working as an adult corrections officer, Mr. Fernandez had almost 95 pounds of aerial fireworks mailed to OCCC, the very correctional facility that he had a duty to secure....”

... QI owns 'Down to Earth' -- subsidiaries were banned in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Rwanda and prosecuted in India ....

... ripe for raiding ....

... OHA’s payroll totals $15.9M.  This is 40.7% of OHA spending ....

... OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey, who was at the time Chair of the Board of Trustees (BoT), tells Hawai’i Free Press she was not aware of this $705K Laeha case settlement and that the BoT was never asked to approve the payment ....

... 'Nay' voters on Conference Committee and 'By Request' by whom ....

... OIP posted five new informal opinions ....

... Since late 2019, Par Pacific's executives and PAC have collectively wired state Democrats a total of nearly $34,000 ....

...  Miske, Dawson and Choy are dead and all the investigations are squelched .... 

... People inside and outside of CWS describe an uncoordinated system that works in silos and lacks proper resources and accountability. ...

... The race is noteworthy because the ‘pro-development’ candidate Cook, beat the ‘anti-development’ candidate King by 97 votes.  All it took to shift voter sentiment was Lahaina burning to the ground ....

... OHA Trustees are hoping 2025 will be the year legislators stop laughing at their Kaka’ako Makai upzone bills ....

... UH employees may negotiate and enter into contracts with the UH on behalf of their private businesses ....

... The Legislature will continue to accept GIA applications until Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., and final determinations will be made as Council on Revenue forecasts in January and March are published. ...

... Kafkaesque issues that so far have been unresolvable ....

"Presently, there is no finding of foul play or suicide."

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

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

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

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

... 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 ....

... Department of Taxation computers don't necessarily tell you when they change some of the information that’s been input ....

... 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  ....

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

... 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 ....

... 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 ....

... $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 ....

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

... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....

... 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 ....

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

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

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

... Smith allegedly collected $3,627.00 from the team members’ parents and kept the money for himself ....

"The HPC expressed general disagreement with our two primary findings and noted lukewarm consideration to implement some of the recommendations."

... 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 ....

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

... conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from nine states including Hawaii ....

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

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

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

... All other Hawai'i media are pretending Green's settlement is real.  Fortunately, you are reading Hawai'i Free Press ....

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

‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”

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

... Green had protested the fact that he could not make an appointment without thumbing the scale for one candidate or another ....

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