Ethics

... 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 ....

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

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

... convicted of 13 of the 16 remaining charges against him, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit assault ....

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

... Kaninau was involved in an automobile accident and subsequently obtained a GEICO insurance policy. He then attempted to file a claim ....

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

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

... 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 ....

... 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 ...

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

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

"... 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 ...."

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

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

... 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 ....

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

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

... 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 ....