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7 Feb 2023, 4:27 am by Emma Snell
The two county-level urban search and rescue units, based in Virginia and California, are the only U.S. teams that work internationally. [read post]
7 Feb 2023, 3:30 am by Kevin Kaufman
One study shows that per capita sales in border counties in sales tax-free New Hampshire have tripled since the late 1950s, while per capita sales in border counties in Vermont have remained stagnant. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 7:45 pm by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2-Year Sentence for Hawaii Woman’s Trump Lobbying Scheme MSN – Associated Press | Published: 1/18/2023 An American consultant was sentenced to two years in prison for an illicit lobbying effort to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund, and to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the U.S. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 6:06 am by Liz Hempowicz
But in Hawaii, the respondent—that is, the public official whose conduct is in question—bears the burden of proof in lawsuits initiated by the attorney general. [read post]
We are grateful to the Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney for their collaboration during this re-investigation. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 6:57 pm by Justin Chan
We are grateful to the Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney for their collaboration during this re-investigation. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 1:36 am by Jim Sedor
A Corruption Case Spins Out of Control with a Judge’s Last-Minute Change of Heart Los Angeles Times – Richard Winton | Published: 1/13/2023 For more than a decade, tax consultant Ramin Salari fought charges that he had bribed former Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez in a “pay-for-play” conspiracy. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 6:58 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Hawaii: “Proposal Would Increase Public Funding for Hawaii Campaigns” by Dan Nakaso (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) for Yahoo News Oklahoma: “After Dark Money Flooded Elections, Oklahoma GOP Chair Wants Changes to Help Political Parties” by Carmen Forman for Tulsa World Washington: “Seattle Ethics Committee Restricts Collection of Democracy Vouchers” by Guy Oron for Real Change Elections New York: “Rensselaer… [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars Yahoo News – Adam Liptak (New York Times) | Published: 12/19/2022 The conventional critique of the U.S. [read post]
20 Dec 2022, 1:55 am by Kyle Hulehan
High tax states are distributed throughout the county, apart from the New England states, which tend to have lower rates. [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
County Official” by Michael Finnegan (Los Angeles Times) for MSN Hawaii: “Honolulu Teacher Violated Ethics by Accepting $16,600 From School Volunteer” by Viola Gaskell for Honolulu Civil Beat Oregon: “Oregon Agencies Scrutinize Controversial Fiber-Optic Deal in Morrow County” by Mike Rogoway (Portland Oregonian) for MSN Washington DC: “Rudy Giuliani Likely Committed Misconduct Over 2020 Election, DC Bar Panel Finds” by Zoe Tillman… [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Advocates Seek Federal Investigation of Multistate Effort to Copy Voting Software MSN – Emma Brown, Aaron Davis, and Jon Swaine (Washington Post) | Published: 12/12/2022 An effort by supporters of former President Trump to copy sensitive voting software in multiple states after the 2020 election deserves attention from the federal government, including a criminal investigation and assessment of the risk posed to election security, according to election-security… [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 2:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
Central sales tax collection has historically been the norm for those states with centralized collection, but Arizona followed suit more recently when it consolidated its collection authority in 2017.[4] In some states, only select jurisdictions may impose a sales tax, while in others, a broad range of jurisdictions—counties, municipalities, and various local authorities—may opt, either by ordinance or local referendum, to impose one. [read post]
9 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democrats Ramp Up Investigation of Kushner Family Business Dealings MSN – Michael Kranish (Washington Post) | Published: 12/7/2022 Democrats on a pair of congressional committees launched a new effort to obtain information about whether Jared Kushner’s actions on U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf region as a senior White House adviser were influenced by the bailout of a property owned by his family business. [read post]
30 Nov 2022, 9:24 am by Richard J. Andreano, Jr.
 For high-cost areas, and also for Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. [read post]
28 Nov 2022, 9:47 am by Andria So
In a Hawaii trial court decision this year addressing the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case for failure to state a claim, the court was able to address the actual arguments that the plaintiffs brought forth. [read post]