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New Details in Stevie 'Wonder Blunder' Concert Fiasco Released After...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU- The University of Hawaii lost $200,000 to scammers claiming to represent Stevie Wonder, but the timeline details of who was responsible has not been released to the media...
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Controversy Followed University of Hawaii President Greenwood from California...
M.R.C. Greenwood By Malia Zimmerman - Less than 18 hours after University of Hawaii President MRC Greenwood announced she plans to retire several months before her lucrative $475,000-a-year contract...
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Hawaii’s Unfunded Liabilities Loom Large
Senate chambers BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Hawaii lawmakers took modest steps to address the state’s record $25-billion in unfunded liabilities during the 2012 and 2013 legislative sessions. But...
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IRS Apologizes for Unfairly Targeting Hawaii Tea Parties and 27 Others Across...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - In a stunning twist, the Internal Revenue Service has apologized today for unfairly targeting two Hawaii tea party groups and 25 other tea party organizations in 18 states across...
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Hawaii leads nation in per-capita debt for unfunded union benefits
Photo: Emily Metcalf By Malia Zimmerman - HONOLULU — Hawaii taxpayers have a heavy burden to bear when it comes to covering "other post-employment retirement benefits" for their public employees. In a...
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Letter cites serious flaws in $28 million taxpayer-funded University of...
Construction contractor details controversy over project at University of Hawaii at Hilo By Malia Zimmerman - HONOLULU — A University of Hawaii-Hilo spokeswoman insists a $28 million dorm project will...
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Jason Pascua, Hawaii Political Candidate and U.S. Army Reservist, Defrauds...
Jason Pascua BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - Michael Lew stood outside U.S. District Court on Thursday dressed stylishly in a neatly pressed grey suit. To the casual observer, Lew appeared a successful...
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Hawaii residents renew fight for free market in shipping
Jones Act supporters say the law protects U.S. carriers for wartime need. Hawaii residents say they pay the price in higher shipping costs. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — High-profile Hawaii...
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25 Conservative Groups - Including Two Hawaii Tea Parties - File Lawsuit...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN- The American Center for Law and Justice filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in Washington, D.C., on behalf of The Honolulu Tea Party, Hawaii Tea Party and nearly two-dozen...
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IRS probes former GOP leader’s ties to Maui Tea Party
INFORMATION, PLEASE: Combat veteran and former Hawaii GOP leader Dylan Nonaka, pictured with his wife, Monica, was named by the IRS in probe of Maui Tea Party. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Former...
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Wanted: University of Hawaii president who can manage a school for scandal
University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood resigns as of September 1 BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - Wanted: Manager needed to handle 60,000 teenagers and young adults, 8,000 faculty and staff, outside...
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NSA contractor fires whistleblower
Edward Snowden, who has worked at the National Security Agency for the past four years in Hawaii, speaking during an interview with The Guardian newspaper at an undisclosed location in Hong Kong, June...
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What does a buck get you? A strange deal, ex-University of Hawaii regent says
THE SITE: University of Hawaii West Oahu Campus (UH photo) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — One dollar. That is the amount of compensation private contractor AC Kobayashi Inc. billed the University of...
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‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Hawaii vets wait a decade for center, services
Molokai veterans at new center, 2012 By Malia Zimmerman - KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI — It’s a dream within reach, one that really may come true for Hawaii’s military veterans. Larry Helm, 70, a heavy combat...
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Hawaiian Legend Larry Helm Dies; Congresswoman Pledges to Continue His Work...
Larry Helm BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI - Larry Helm, a well-known native Hawaiian activist, former political candidate and military veteran on the island of Molokai, has died after a...
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Report: Hawaii worst place in country to do business
HONOLULU - Photo courtesy of HTA BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Hawaii has the worst business ranking of all 50 states, according to an analysis by the Chicago-based watchdog group Truth in...
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Hawaii freeway conditions and costs are ‘disgraceful’
HONOLULU'S H-1 FREEWAY - Photo: Emily Metcalf BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Hawaii’s ranking among best American highway systems — we’re No. 48 — was a surprise to Cliff Slater, a transportation...
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Godzilla invades Waikiki, devours tax credits
TAX-EATING MONSTER: Producers of the newest version of Godzilla are getting some hefty tax credits from Hawaii taxpayers. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - WAIKIKI – Godzilla stomped last night through the streets...
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Buying Justice? James Pflueger Strikes a Deal with Prosecutors in Notorious...
James Pflueger BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - LIHUE, KAUAI - When the 118-year-old Ka Loko Dam on Kauai’s north shore breached just before dawn on March 14, 2006, powerful waves released 400 million gallons of...
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University of Hawaii pres gets sweet deal to leave early
MRC Greenwood BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — M.R.C. Greenwood will earn a little less than $25,000 a month after she resigns as University of Hawaii president. It’s part of a new deal reached Thursday...
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