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10 Feb 2023, 3:00 am
California – Calls Intensify for Anaheim’s City Leaders to Keep Promises to Root Out Corruption Voice of OC – Spencer Custodio and Hosam Elattar | Published: 2/9/2023 Resident watchdogs, activists, community leaders, and the Orange County Democratic Party are all pushing back on Anaheim City Council members, calling on them to stay the course on a contracted corruption investigation into City Hall instead of paring down efforts stemming from a scandal that… [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 9:17 am
Honolulu’s city and county government run a public paratransit known as The Handi-Van service for people with disabilities who cannot use the fixed route bus service. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 1:36 am
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]
13 Jan 2023, 3:00 am
National/Federal At Proud Boys Trial, U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 6:58 am
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 County’s… [read post]
30 Dec 2022, 12:04 pm
(4/19/2022)/City & County of Honolulu v. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 3:00 am
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]
19 Dec 2022, 3:00 am
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… [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am
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]
15 Dec 2022, 5:04 am
Using interviews with 75 randomly sampled households living in public housing in Honolulu County, we link contemporary research on gatekeeping with decades of work on how housing policy drives residential outcomes for marginalized groups. [read post]
9 Dec 2022, 3:00 am
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]
18 Nov 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal Conservative Group Pressing States to Adopt Laws Protecting Companies from ‘Political Boycotts’: Report Yahoo News – Jared Gans (The Hill) | Published: 11/11/2022 A conservative group is planning to push state lawmakers across the country to adopt legislation to shield American companies from “political boycotts. [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 3:00 am
” by Richard Winton and Meg James (Los Angeles Times) for MSN Hawaii: “County Ethics Watchdogs Need More Money to Do the Job Right, State Panel Says” by Blaze Lovell for Honolulu Civil Beat Maryland: “Carroll County Commissioners Approve Updated Ethics Rules on Financial Disclosures and Gifts” by Sherry Greenfield (Baltimore Sun) for MSN Lobbying National: “U.S. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal Democrats Buck Midterm History to Win Control of 4 States Yahoo News – David Lieb (Associated Press) | Published: 11/9/2022 Defying historic midterm trends, Democrats wrested control of state legislative chambers away from Republicans in Michigan and Minnesota while also gaining full control of state Capitols in Maryland and Massachusetts. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 7:44 pm
“Hawaii Struggles To Revise Gun Laws After Supreme Court Decision; Honolulu is the only county in the state that hasn’t yet finalized new concealed-carry gun rules, leading to a backlog in permit applications”: James Gonser of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Architect of Capitol Abused Government Car Privileges, IG Report Finds MSN – Jim Saska (Roll Call) | Published: 11/1/2022 A report from the Architect of the Capitol inspector general suggests Architect Brett Blanton drove to Florida at the government’s expense, let his daughter use the office’s “free gas” for Walmart runs, allowed his wife to give prohibited private Capitol tours, and may have misled others into thinking he was an off-duty cop.… [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Brooklyn’s Library Moves to Slip Books Through Red State Bans MSN – Madina Touré (Politico) | Published: 9/24/2022 The front line of America’s culture war now runs straight through the nation’s school libraries, with conservatives in dozens of states outlawing books and instruction and the left working to shield targeted authors. [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance Hawaii: “Hawaii Commission Fines Kai Kahele’s Campaign for Illegal Solicitations” by Blaze Lovell for Honolulu Civil Beat Elections National: “Inside the Civil Rights Campaign to Get Big Tech to Fight the ‘Big Lie’” by Naomi Nix (Washington Post) for MSN Georgia: “Georgia to Replace Voting Machines in Coffee County After Alleged Security Breach” by Amy Garder, Emma Brown, and Jon Swaine (Washington Post) for… [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
In nearly two dozen states and scores of counties, election officials are fielding what many describe as an unprecedented wave of public records requests in the final weeks of summer, one they say may be intended to hinder their work and weaken an already strained system. [read post]
2 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Document Reveals Identity of Donors Who Secretly Funded Nikki Haley’s Political Nonprofit Yahoo News – Alex Isenstadt (Politico) | Published: 8/26/2022 Many of the Republican Party’s biggest donors are among those who funneled anonymous contributions to former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s nonprofit as she lays the groundwork for a prospective 2024 presidential bid, according to previously unreported tax documents. [read post]
