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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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Let the Sun Shine In!
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:45 PM :: 3041 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...As part of his supplemental emergency proclamation, Ige suspended the state’s Sunshine Law, which allows public access to the meetings of government bodies. He also suspended the state’s open records law — the Uniform Information Practices Act — which governs access to public records....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Ethics: HHSC Manager Retires, Goes to Work for Contractor
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 3572 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Health Care
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...time was spent communicating with her former co-workers at the Health Information Management department....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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Corona Towers: Council Hides Behind Quarantine, Gives Development Deal to Convicted Felon
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 16426 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, COVID-19
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...Ige’s Health Emergency Declaration waves many of the state laws ensuring public participation, transparency, and accountability.
The implicit understanding is that elected officials will utilize these extraordinary powers only to combat the Corona Virus pandemic in Hawaii.
It only took two days to find out....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Kauai Council Bans Public from Meetings--Just in time for Property Tax Hike, Removal of Alleged Meth Dealer
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 2799 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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...alleged Meth Dealer to be removed from Committees by Reso set for approval at March 25 meeting....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Democracy Still Matters in Time of Pandemic
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 3179 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Ige, by Supplemental Emergency Proclamation dated March 16, 2020, waived many laws pertaining to transparency and accountability, specifically Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92 dealing with open meetings, and Chapter 91 dealing with rulemaking....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Scams Galore: Hi-Tech Tax Credit Crowd Gets into Digital Currency
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 4033 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...State of Hawaii’s “Digital Currency Innovation Lab” seeks applicants for first pilot program....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 |
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Katherine Kealoha Surrenders Law License
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 2722 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...the Rules of the Supreme Court of Hawaiʻi provides that a “[r]esignation in lieu of discipline is a disbarment for all purposes under these rules, including reinstatement.” RSCH Rule 2.14(d)....
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Monday, March 16, 2020 |
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COVID-19: Council, DHHL, Legislators Cut Public Access
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 4799 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Sunshine doesn't cure Corona Virus -- but Corona Virus cures Sunshine....
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Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Release of Secret Report on Wrongdoing in State Auditor's Office
By Court House News @ 3:45 PM :: 4516 Views :: Ethics
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"...The attorney general’s office has refused to publicly release documents related to its inquiry, although it has shared its final investigative reports with certain state legislators...."
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Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
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EB-5 Scandals Finally Reach Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 3403 Views :: Ethics, Development
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...The EB-5 program offers alien investors a family-sized set of green cards if they invest....
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Friday, February 28, 2020 |
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Feds: Kauai Councilman is Meth Kingpin for Samoan Prison Gang
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 8030 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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...Sitting Kauai County Councilmember and Eleven Others Charged with Participation in a Drug Trafficking Organization....
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 |
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Keli‘i Akina Announces Re-Election Campaign for Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 3111 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA Needs a Watchdog to Fight for Hawaiians and Hawai‘i ....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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OHA Suing the State - Enough is Enough!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:02 AM :: 3680 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...a perception that the organization and its management "are ineffective, poorly managed, or corrupt" and "do not help or represent the Hawaiian people effectively."....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Is Allowing the Anti-Telescope Blockade Ethical?
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 5542 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: Professional Association Tries to Take Over State Board
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 3604 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: DOCARE Officer Paid to Work Both Sides of Table
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 3428 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...fined $10,000 by Hawaii State Ethics Commission....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Hawaii ILWU Official Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Identity Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 4420 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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Katherine Kealoha’s Boyfriend’s Attorney’s Cell Phone found at Massage Parlor?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 10147 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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...A female answering the phone did not seem to understand a reporter requesting to speak to Chris Woo. She kept asking, “You want masagee?”....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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100% Fail: Legislators Propose 63 Special Funds, None Meet Criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:24 AM :: 4210 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...We reviewed 99 House and Senate bills proposing 63 special and revolving funds during the 2020 legislative session. None satisfied the criteria....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 2246 Views :: Ethics
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...The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill one upcoming vacancy on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission. The term will run from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Stormwater: $100M Tax Hike After 36 Years of Lawyering and Foot-dragging
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 6095 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...the equivalent of a 16% property tax hike on the residential rate....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Ethics-Related Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 2139 Views :: Ethics
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...What's alive after first lateral?....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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After Refusing to Supply Records, OHA Sues State Auditor
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 3977 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“If OHA has nothing to hide, it should be willing to open its records to the state auditor”. -- Trustee Keli'i Akina ....
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
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Ethics Comm Hearing on New Administrative Rules
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 2120 Views :: Ethics
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...provide greater clarity to various provisions of the State Ethics Code, HRS chapter 84 (including but not limited to the gifts law, gifts reporting law, fair treatment law, and conflicts of interests law); and various provisions of the Lobbyists law, HRS chapter 97 (including but not limited to reporting and registration requirements for lobbyists)....
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
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Trump Resister to Oversee Fraud Investigations in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:49 AM :: 3487 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Hui Chen is a member of the Complex Litigation, Fraud, and Compliance Unit, and will be tasked with investigating, reviewing, and consulting on compliance issues within state government....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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NELHA: Feds Bust Money Laundering Scheme at Heart of De-Sal Water Bottler
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 5175 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Tax Credits
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...concealed from Koyo the fact that one of its upper level managers was an owner of the sham pass-through companies....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Free Golf, Methamphetamines, and Building Permits
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 PM :: 13280 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Lawsuit: Plastic Hysteria is Excuse for Feds to Take Control of Hawaii Waterways
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 3283 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...Your recycling was shipped to Asia and then they dumped it into the ocean because recycling is and always has been a fraud. Now it is washing up on our beaches and enviro lawyers are using it as an excuse to enhance their power....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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SB42: Block AG's Investigation of Telescope Protesters Funding
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 4089 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 4108 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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How to Restore OHA's Credibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:31 PM :: 3138 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The way OHA has responded to recent events has affected its credibility in the eyes of Hawai’i’s lawmakers and OHA’s own Hawaiian beneficiaries....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Former Schofield Range Director Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scheme
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 3507 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...Winslett further admitted that he accepted $723,333.33 in kickbacks from a local subcontractor....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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ILWU Boss Gets 30 Months for Theft
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 3513 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...Nathan Lum was the former division director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Longshore Division (ILWU)....
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Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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SB2331 Will Legislators Give Kaneshiro Crony $50M?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5255 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...What does a drunk rave promoter know about aviation fuel anyway?....
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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Auditor: CIP Management Gets Even Worse
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:48 AM :: 4097 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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...The State’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for FY2019 was $2.02 billion....
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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Report: HIOSH has the Ethics of a Used Car Salesman
By News Release @ 5:07 AM :: 3136 Views :: Ethics
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... Occupational Health Branch Manager for HIOSH takes new hires shopping for used cars ....
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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OHA Audit: Don’t Let Them Double Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3256 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...This deserves an answer....
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Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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Campbell HS: DoE Lawyers Fight Female Athletes Over Technicalities
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 AM :: 3284 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...it probably costs more to pay the lawyers than to build the lockerroom....
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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FAA Lowered Bar for Southwest Airlines Hawaii Approvals, Complaint Alleges
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 3264 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...U.S. air-safety regulators likely acted improperly in the way they authorized Southwest Airlines Co. to begin flights between California and Hawaii last year....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Senate Updates Sexual Harassment Policy
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 2797 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the Hawaii State Senate’s new Anti-Harassment Policy....
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 |
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Auditor: DBEDT Hides $6.5M from Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:53 PM :: 3064 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...DBEDT had non-general funds with balances totaling $5.75 million and administratively created non-general funds with balances totaling more than $750,000 that were not reported to the 2019 Legislature as required by HRS....
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
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Common Cause Announces Legislative Agenda for 2020
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 2904 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Common Cause Hawaii will be holding a meeting about the 2020 Hawaii State Legislative Session on Saturday, January 25....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Schatz Bill: Funnel Tax Credit Money to Pono Shim's LLC
By News Release @ 10:15 PM :: 4370 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Tax Credits
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...“Inspiring Nationally Vibrant Economies Sustaining Tribes (INVEST) Act"....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Pine: High Profile Ousters Cast Shadow on Government Transparency
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:41 PM :: 4383 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...This week, the Honolulu Police Commission ousted vocal Kealoha critic, Loretta Sheehan, from her Chair position. Additionally, it was reported that the Federal Public Defender for 24 years, Peter Wolff, who originally exposed the crimes of former City Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha and former Chief of Police Louis Kealoha, will also be ousted from his job....
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 |
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Audit: Handi-Van Phone System May be ADA Violation
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 3897 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...an ineffective communications system that sometimes prevents riders from making reservations, drops calls, and does not record voicemail complaints....
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 |
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OHA's First Cover-up of 2020
By Video @ 3:39 AM :: 3359 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The New Year's Barely Started & There's Already A Cover-Up at OHA....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii AG David Louie Conspired with Money-Grubbing Trial Lawyers to Gin up $8B Case
By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 4308 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... The lawsuit could have far broader implications for the AG’s office given the large number of national cases the Hawaii AG’s office involves itself in. How many of those cases are driven by the profit interest of private law firms? ....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 |
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Crooks Cry Racism: Debunking OHA’s Audit Excuses
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 AM :: 5161 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...We at Hawai’i Free Press only needed 30 minutes to write this point-by-point rebuttal. Yes. It is that easy....
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