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Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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Fevella’s Film Feud
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1714 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... Apparently Fevella filed a personnel complaint against the head of the Hawaii Film Office, Donne Dawson, to emphasize this point ....
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 |
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It's up to us to fight corruption
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 1550 Views :: Ethics
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... Legal reforms can go a long way. But when it comes to putting a stop to longstanding corruption in Hawaii, the biggest impact of all will ....
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 |
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Council Raises? Time to work for a living
By Selected News Articles @ 5:19 PM :: 1651 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... An open letter to the Honolulu City Council. RE: The pay raise you are about to get ....
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 |
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Oahu Family Court Judge Jessi L. K. Hall seeks another term as Judge
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 1273 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Judicial Selection Commission to determine whether Judge Hall should be retained in office for an additional term of six years ....
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Friday, June 9, 2023 |
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Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolled Social Media Censorship Effort
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 AM :: 2489 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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... Newly disclosed document confirms billionaire Pierre Omidyar financed the public-private partnership to censor election-related Twitter and Facebook posts ....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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OIP Issues Three New Formal Opinions
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 1316 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Higher Education
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... seeking the names of all students and faculty serving on the UH William S. Richardson School of Law Admissions Committee ....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 |
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Want More COVID Cash? Apply June 13
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 1343 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... ask for up to three months of additional support ....
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Sunday, June 4, 2023 |
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Hawaii’s Shadow Budget
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1472 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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“...ready, fire, aim....”
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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Line Item Veto of Slush Fund ‘the responsible thing to do'
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:10 PM :: 1165 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii’s taxpayers have paid about $1.5 billion in just the past two years for housing, but “Where’s all the affordable housing?” ....
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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DPP Supervisor Gets 60 Months in Prison for Bribery Scheme
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 1410 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... After a lengthy investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into corruption at the DPP, honest services wire fraud charges were filed against six individuals, including Inouye, arising out of schemes in which employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP ....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
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Slush Fund News: HTA Gives $27M Contract to CNHA
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 1501 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... $27M of Green's illegal $200M slush fund has spilled into CNHA's lap ....
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Sunday, May 21, 2023 |
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Another Rainy Day Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1371 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The HHRF shut down in 2002. It's fund still has $186.7M today ....
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
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Rectenwald Worked With Environmental Group Tied To Oil Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 2520 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Judiciary
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... on May 9, Recktenwald disclosed that he engages in “educational presentations relating to environmental, energy, and natural resource issues” and has worked with the Environmental Law Institute ....
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
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Got Nepotism? Ethics Commission has a Form for That
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 1404 Views :: Ethics
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... the agency or employee explain and furnish proof of why they need to be exempted from the nepotism law ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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‘Defense wins championships’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:03 AM :: 1419 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Since bad bills tend to outnumber good ones, that means we played a lot of defense ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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$2M Settlement for Female Inmates
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 1293 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... A $2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult Corrections Officers (ACOs) at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) ....
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Sunday, May 14, 2023 |
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Hawaii State Ethics Commission Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 3:48 AM :: 1330 Views :: Ethics
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... Bills of interest introduced in 2023 ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Office of Information Practices 2023 Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 1398 Views :: Ethics
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... two Sunshine Law amendments ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Dela Cruz News: Conference Committee Sneaks $200M Slush Fund into Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 AM :: 2010 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Apparently the Governor is becoming the appropriator--constitutionally a function of the Legislature ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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HTA Funding? $30M Magically Appears After Legislature Zeroes out Budget
By News Release @ 6:20 AM :: 1752 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“HTA is thankful that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature agreed on a funding approach that will allow HTA to continue...."
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Former ILWU Officer Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 2075 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... for embezzling $96,000 while he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Chair of State Council on Developmental Disabilities Indicted for International Financial Fraud
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 2318 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Why OHA Should Fully Open Its Records to the State Auditor
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:40 AM :: 1825 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... On April 5, 2023, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court denied Hawaiʻi State Auditor Leslie Kondo full access to minutes of closed executive sessions of the OHA Board of Trustees ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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Production Credit Hijinx
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1757 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... After deferring the measure multiple times, WAM amended the bill to add two new provisions: a section allowing tax credits for building a film studio, and a section making extensive amendments to the administration of the existing production credit. This was done without the benefit of a public hearing ....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
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Ethics: Charter School Commission Exec Funneled Money to his Pet Nonprofits
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 2263 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... Thompson admitted he violated the Conflicts of Interests law on fifteen occasions. He further admitted that he violated the Financial Disclosure law by failing to disclose his positions on the boards ....
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
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OffenderTrak: PSD Demands $1M to Reveal Inmate Data
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 1983 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Following the reporter’s appeal to OIP, PSD provided a new estimate of $290 ....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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Conference Committee: Fraud, fictitious claims, and campaign funds
By News Release @ 10:25 PM :: 1753 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... House and Senate conferees began negotiations today on judiciary measures relating to fraud, fictitious claims, and campaign funds ....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |
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Honolulu CrimeStoppers is Looking for OHA Embezzler Walter Rodenhurst--We Found Him on the Board of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 2862 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Rodenhurst was just elected as the 2nd Vice President of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. He can probably be arrested at the next Board meeting ....
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Sunday, April 16, 2023 |
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Latest Mass Shooting at Cockfight Inevitable Outcome of Inattention by Political Leaders and Law Enforcement
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 2391 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Hawaii Legislators are hell-bent on taking away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners--but when a real gun crime occurs, its 'nobody here but us chickens' ....
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Sunday, April 16, 2023 |
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It Isn’t Over Until It’s Over
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1947 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Tax Credits
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... In the meantime, lawmakers have been figuring out how to bypass conventional learning about when a bill is dead. Here is one example ....
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Saturday, April 15, 2023 |
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Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 1806 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Disciplinary Board oversees the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which investigates allegations of attorney misconduct ....
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Thursday, April 13, 2023 |
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Cockfighting Guam Officer Reinstated With Back Pay
By News Release @ 7:13 PM :: 1745 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... conveniently, Mr. San Nicolas is a Commodity Inspector with the GDOA, one of a handful of trained and sworn law enforcement officers within that division....
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
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Bribery: Rep Ty Cullen gets 24 Months Prison
By News Release @ 5:49 AM :: 1895 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Cullen accepted bribery payments on eight (8) separate occasions over the course of several years ....
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Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
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OHA Rejects $100M Offer--Sees More Profit in Lying About Kakaako Makai
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 1669 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA
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"... The prohibition of residential development via a 'perpetual easement' has too adverse of an impact on the future value of Hakuone lands ...."
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
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Supreme Court: OHA Can Hide its Crooked Deals in Executive Session
By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 1552 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... This unanimous ruling will allow any Hawaii governmental body to hide its corrupt dealings in bogus ‘Executive Sessions’ simply by paying a shyster to sit in and twiddle his thumbs ....
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
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Charter School Corruption: Ten Years Later Felony Theft Whittled Down to Almost Nothing
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 2194 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... At one point, the school had racked up more than $400,000 in debt with $100,000 in undocumented expenses such as $12,000 for healing oils and acupuncture ....
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
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2023 State Audit of OHA: Is the ‘Glass Half Empty’ or ‘Half Full’?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:56 PM :: 1416 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Audits can be a difficult pill to swallow ....
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
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Legislative Madness
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1454 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... “It’s just four months of chaos" ....
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 |
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Micronesia: Will Lyon Associates Crook Become FSM President Again?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 3247 Views :: Ethics, World News
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... Has Hawaii’s corruption of FSM opened the doors to China’s corruption of FSM? ....
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 |
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Green signs seven “Good Government” bills into law
By News Release @ 5:27 AM :: 1433 Views :: Ethics
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D. today signed seven “Good Government” bills into law, to advance the goals of ethics, lobbying, and campaign spending laws in Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, March 31, 2023 |
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Bishop Museum Appoints Dee Jay Mailer President
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 1395 Views :: Ethics
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... Mailer has been leading the Museum on an interim basis since Feb. 2, 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Appoints Isaac Choy as Vice President of Finance
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 1541 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... Choy begins work on April 10 and will be responsible for overseeing HTA’s management of finances and government funding, including compliance with legislative and auditing requirements ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Bra and Panty Birthday Parties: Lawsuit Details Work Life at Hawaii DOBOR
By Andrew Walden @ 1:52 AM :: 7095 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"...You must promise me that if things ever get really ugly between the both of us, you will not say a word about this...."
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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 :: 2214 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 :: 2449 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 :: 1507 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 :: 3217 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 :: 1228 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 :: 1468 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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