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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Sovereignty Activist Sentenced--17 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Schemes and Aggravated Identity Theft
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 2871 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... stealing money intended to provide scholarships to underprivileged students at Kamehameha Schools ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Micronesian President: Chinese Bribery ‘Happens all the Time’
By Andrew Walden @ 10:33 PM :: 3078 Views :: Ethics, World News
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... The Vice President was asked by Ambassador Huang if he could sit up front, with other Senators, and also to accept an envelope filled with money; Vice President Palik refused, telling the Ambassador to never offer him a bribe again ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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FSM: Top Micronesia Officials Guilty in Fake Ship Registry Scam
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 2219 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act
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... Martin Jano Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering & Lukner Weilbacher Found Guilty of Conflict of Interest in Micronesia International Ship Registry Case ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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Dela Cruz Manipulation? Senate Rejects Green's Pick for DBEDT
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 4122 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Green's pick for #2 at DBEDT is Dane Wicker, a current business partner and former chief of staff to Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz. If Sadayasu is rejected, Wicker could advance to #1 ....
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 |
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Three Ethics Bills Heading to Governor's Desk
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 1689 Views :: Ethics
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... HB99, HB137, and HB142 were introduced by Speaker Scott K. Saiki by request based on recommendations made by the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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UH Mānoa Student vs Hawaii DoE in Title IX Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 2036 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed 50 years ago that Hawaii DoE still doesn't obey ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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CNHA Hands out $130M COVID Money
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 2343 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, COVID-19
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... an average of $15K each to 8,625 households ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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Dead Bodies, Convicted Felons and Kakaako Makai: Meet the new Gang at OHA
By Andrew Walden @ 12:20 AM :: 6912 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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... “We greatly appreciate what Senator Dela Cruz is trying to do. And we thank him.” -- OHA Chair Carmen Hulu Lindsey ....
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Saturday, March 18, 2023 |
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Report backs UH Mānoa athletics response to Senate 'concerns'
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 1977 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... The allegations were raised during a January 7, 2022 public informational briefing by the Hawaiʻi State Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Higher Education ....
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Friday, March 17, 2023 |
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Oʻo Award for Digging out ‘Affordable’ Housing Scam
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 2355 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, First Amendment
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... Tummons, in a series of articles, exposed questionable dealings in Hawaii Countyʻs Office of Housing and Community Development that ultimately led to an FBI investigation and guilty plea by former community development specialist Alan Scott Rudo to accepting almost $2 million in bribes from two Hilo attorneys and a businessman ....
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Friday, March 17, 2023 |
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Honolulu police officers charged over car chase
By Court House News @ 5:50 PM :: 2020 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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" ... officers ran a car off the road and abandoned the driver with brain injuries and a 14-year-old boy that was left partially paralyzed .... "
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
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"An opportunity drops into OHA’s lap"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:48 PM :: 2602 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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... “Rules were meant to be broken,” the trustee said. “We do that all the time.” ….
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
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Auditor Rips OHA Land Acquisitions--Making it up as they Go Along
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:06 PM :: 2490 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... these acquisitions were ad hoc, featuring strategies and criteria created to facilitate the acquisition ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Good news, bad news at Legislature’s halfway mark
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 AM :: 1910 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii Legislature is halfway through its 2023 session ....
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Saturday, March 11, 2023 |
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Kouchi Thanks Green for Releasing Capital Improvement Project Funds for Kauai
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 1960 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The Princeville Public Library will receive $2 million ... Kaua‘i High School will receive $1.5 million ....
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Thursday, March 9, 2023 |
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House passes 11 ethics reform bills
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 1586 Views :: Ethics
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... The measures now crossover to the Hawaiʻi Senate for 'consideration' ....
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Sunday, March 5, 2023 |
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Labor Board Nails DPS Conspiracy, Cover-up
By Andrew Walden @ 9:51 PM :: 4045 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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"...the Board finds that PSD consciously, knowingly, and deliberately failed to disclose and withheld information...."
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Saturday, March 4, 2023 |
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Foreclosure Suit: 'Way too long, way too confusing'
By Court House News @ 3:42 AM :: 2644 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... plaintiffs' Honolulu-based attorney is Frederick Arensmeyer, formerly of the Dubin Law Office ....
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Saturday, March 4, 2023 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 1984 Views :: Ethics
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... The term will run from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027 ....
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Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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UHERO: Public Campaign Financing for Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 11:00 AM :: 1717 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... Hawai‘i has had a system of partial public financing in place for more than forty years, but few candidates participate ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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HB1291: Will Abused Foster Children Ever be Represented?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 2518 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... Outside counsel may be a child’s only hope to break out of a system run for the benefit of adults’ need to cover up their own wrongdoing ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Campaign Spending Reform: Two Bills Pass, Four Killed
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 1576 Views :: Ethics
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... the House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs (JHA) prioritized the review of six remaining bills relating to campaign finance reform ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Hilo Complex DoE Manager Arrested for P-Card Theft
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 2496 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... Karie Luana Klein, a former Hawaiʻi Department of Education complex area business manager, was arrested after being charged with three felony theft counts ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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Audit: DHHL Traded 42 Affordable Housing Credits for a Fence
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 3124 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Ethics
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... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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House Judiciary Committee Kills off Ethics Reform Bills
By News Release @ 6:49 AM :: 2947 Views :: Ethics
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... Judiciary Chair Tarnas hand-picked by Saiki for job of Killing Ethics Bills that Saiki Pretends to Support ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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After Bribery Arrests: House Adopts New Rules
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 1926 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... House Rules 29.1–29.3 and 62.5–62.6 incorporate CISC recommendations relating to ethics reform, ethics disclosures, standards of conduct, and conflict of interest ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM :: 3533 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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... remember Al Hee? The first in the current wave of Hawaii corruption cases, Hee's indictment was handed down on the exact second anniversary of Dan Inouye's death ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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Corruption or incompetence, transparency still the antidote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:51 PM :: 1958 Views :: Ethics
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... to combat government corruption, waste, mismanagement and inefficiency ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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CNHA Inside Track: Robin Danner Snags Gig in Governor's Office
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 5383 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Tourism
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... CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract ....
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Friday, February 17, 2023 |
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Climate Solution: Grab $100M of Your Dollars, Light Them on Fire
By News Release @ 8:30 PM :: 1725 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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... The 20-member Hawai‘i Climate Commission voted today to support Governor Josh Green’s proposal to create a $100 million climate (slush) fund ....
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
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DHHL Nomination Withdrawn: 'Evasive' Anderson 'Misrepresents Commission'
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 3579 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... “His misrepresentation of the commission’s viewpoints on the $600 million plan significantly influenced my decision.” ....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
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HTA Splits RFP for US: Marketing vs 'Stewardship'
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 1750 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... Translation: Marketing is for HCVB and 'Stewardship' is for CNHA ....
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Sunday, February 12, 2023 |
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Audit: Why did DoE Give DoT $16M for Useless Kihei Roundabout?
By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 1451 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Ethics
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... a financial audit of the DOE to help determine how the $16 million was transferred to DOT and where this money came from ....
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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Volta: Hawaii's Latest Hi-Tech Failure Gets Recycled by Shell Oil
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 1982 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Tax Credits
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... How much money did ERS and KSBE lose helping Shell greenwash its oil business? ....
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |
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Decade In Prison For ‘Brazen’ Maui Official Who Took Bribes
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 2027 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Once again: The Feds doing the job the State and Counties just won't do ....
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |
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Sunday, February 5, 2023 |
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CNHA News: Danner Scores Gig on Indian Corporation, Sends Herself $4M
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 PM :: 2530 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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... Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement awarded $4M from Oweesta Corp ....
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
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After Fraudsters Jailed, Auditor Discovers Affordable Housing Program Has no Administrative Rules
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 2880 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Cost of Living
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... Decades of neglect in monitoring the program has left the department unable to evaluate its success ....
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
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Kailua-Based Former Navy Captain Gets 30 Months in 'Fat Leonard' Scandal
By News Release @ 6:52 PM :: 1832 Views :: Ethics, Military
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... he received more than $90,000 in bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis, who plied him with luxurious hotel stays, travel, and prostitutes ....
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Saturday, January 28, 2023 |
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Former Prison Guard Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Inmates
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 1866 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... a correctional officer at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu from approximately 2014 to 2018 ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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Proposed Hawaii State Privacy Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1850 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Small Business
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... Hawaii lawmakers introducing consumer privacy bills and biometric privacy bills ....
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Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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John Waihee’s Favorite Trump-era influence peddler sentenced to prison
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 3567 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii History, Republican Party
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... Nickie Lum of the Infamous Lum Crime Family Sentenced for Facilitating Unregistered Lobbying Campaign in Exchange for Approximately $3 Million ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Corruption at every level: Why I left Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:47 PM :: 4978 Views :: Ethics, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... To this day, I still wonder where the $58 million that was earmarked for testing and tracing went or whose pockets it lined ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 |
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Let the sun shine in
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:33 AM :: 1388 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The only question is whether they have the political will ....
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