Search results
High court: Kealoha not entitled to taxpayer-funded attorney
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 8—The former chief and his wife, former city Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were sentenced in 2020 following one of Hawaii's biggest public corruption scandals. The state Supreme ...
Honolulu's $2.85M settlement with Gerard Puana resolves all claims
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 3—The city's $2.85 million settlement of a civil lawsuit with Gerard Puana, a victim in the Kealoha corruption scandal, is the final case of its kind filed by Puana against the city, officials ...
Keith Kaneshiro describes prosecution as a grudge
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 week agoCRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM Former Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro is working to restore his reputation after being acquitted of federal charges. “It has been pretty tough ...
Acquittal in Honolulu bribery case sparks debate over campaign contributions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA federal jury acquitted former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro and several executives of Mitsunaga & Associates Inc. in a bribery case that captivated the Aloha state. The criminal charges ...
Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga federal bribery trial begins
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoMar. 21—Political donor Dennis Mitsunaga, his associates and family members contributed $48, 250 in campaign funds to then-Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro as Kaneshiro's office pursued a ...
'Good government' bills headed to Green's desk
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 18—The full House on Wednes day sent 10 "good government " bills, as it called them, to Gov. Josh Green—but none will lead to any sweeping ethics, campaign spending or other reforms to ...
City declines to restore public access to the radio traffic of first responders
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 10—Public access to non-tactical radio traffic of Honolulu police, firefighters, emergency medical services workers and ocean safety personnel will remain restricted for at least the next ...
Saiki supports bills for full public financing of political campaigns
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 25—House Speaker Scott Saiki has thrown his support behind an effort for full public financing for political candidates starting in 2028, which proponents say would reduce the temptation ...
Advocates rally for stalled 'clean elections' bill
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 19—More than a dozen advocates from the Clean Elections Hawaii Coalition gathered Monday at the state Capitol rotunda to urge legislators to reconsider implementing a comprehensive public ...
Elections, eruptions and corruption top Hawaii stories for 2022
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 30—The year was capped with a ground shift of a different nature when Mauna Loa on Hawaii island erupted for the first time in 38 years, spraying lava more than 100 feet into the air and ...
