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Cachola fined a record $50,000 for City Ethics Violations
Rep. Romy Cachola BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – State House Majority Whip Romy Cachola, a Democrat from Kalihi, has been fined $50,000 by the Honolulu Ethics Commission for alleged ethics violations...
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Hawaii students get gift cards to participate in sex education program
NOT THE THREE R’S: McDermott holds up a copy of notes from an 11-year-old student enrolled in the sex education classes in the state’s public schools. (file photo) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – The...
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Pflueger sends inflammatory letter to victim of Kauai dam breach
James Pflueger BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - KILAUEA, KAUAI – Just hours before Jimmy Pflueger is sentenced on a “Reckless Endangering” felony charge brought against him by the state after his Ka Loko Dam...
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Pflueger sentenced in Kauai dam breach tragedy that killed 7 people
James Pflueger BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - LIHUE, KAUAI – More than eight years after the Ka Loko Dam breached on Kauai’s North Shore killing 7 people and an unborn child, James Pflueger, the man the state...
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No consequences for key politician in Kauai dam breach tragedy
MaryAnn Kusaka BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - KILAUEA, KAUAI – Retired Auto Dealer Jimmy Pflueger was sentenced to 7 months in prison Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. He pleaded “no contest” to a Reckless Endangering...
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Matson to pay $1 million for Honolulu molasses spill under plea agreement
GOO: The molasses spill impacted sealife in Ke’ehi Lagoon, seen here, and Honolulu Harbor BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Matson Terminals Inc., the company responsible for spilling 220,000 gallons of...
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FBI Sting Nabs Alleged Honolulu Investment Scammer
US District Court - Hawaii BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Curtis Wayne Ross promised the manager of Little Angels he’d invest the charity’s $15 million, generating a 50 percent to 70 percent return...
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Hawaii doctor accused of fraud, elderly and child abuse, under investigation...
Daniel Susott, MD lives in Manoa where attached to his home is an exotic 6-story tree house (seen here) overlooking the Manoa stream and a Buddhist garden sprinkled with ocean debris. BY MALIA...
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Hawaii’s billions in unfunded retirement liabilities part of national trend
Photo: Emily Metcalf BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — A new report from State Budget Solutions, a national nonprofit organization focusing on states’ fiscal responsibility, warns it’s time for newly...
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University of Hawaii won't talk about sex education program
NOT THE THREE R’S: McDermott holds up a copy of notes from an 11-year-old student enrolled in the sex education classes in the state’s public schools. (file photo) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU –...
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Six weeks behind bars for seven lives? Pflueger released from prison months...
James Pflueger BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – James Pflueger’s Oct. 15 sentencing in Kauai’s 5th circuit court caused a great stir in the islands after he was given just seven months in prison on a...
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Man gets 33 months in prison after threatening to decapitate congresswoman
Aniruddha Sherbow BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN- HONOLULU -Threatening to decapitate a congresswoman has landed a former Hawaii resident in federal prison. Aniruddha Sherbow, 44, was sentenced Monday to 33 months...
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University of Hawaii athletics must tackle fiscal woes
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii Athletic Department has faced a series of fiscal and staffing troubles in recent months, leading legislators, administrators and regents to...
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U.S. should respond aggressively to cyber attack, expert says
FBI Director James Comey says stopping cyber terror and cyber espionage are top priorities for his agency.. He is with Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha at FBI Headquarters in Honolulu HONOLULU — The...
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FBI: Investment Scams on the Rise in Hawaii
Kawika Buchanan declines to speak to or look at reporters as he leaves the federal court house May 8 By Malia Zimmerman - HONOLULU – Curtis Wayne Ross was indicted this fall for allegedly defrauding...
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Obama’s Hawaii vacation is over, now it’s time for taxpayers to pay massive tab
EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama stays in this multimillion home on Kailua Beach. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – President Barack Obama and his family just spent their Christmas and New Year’s...
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Former Portlock madam convicted on federal drug charges
Malia Elena Arciero BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – The former Porlock madam who said she ran an elite prostitution business for 10 years servicing celebrities, politicians and law enforcement, has...
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Hawaii financial advisor who targeted elderly sentenced to federal prison
US District Court - Hawaii BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - Kevin Alan Loux, owner of the Loux Financial Group, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised yesterday despite a...
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022
Hawaii Health Connector is Hawaii's Obamacare exchange By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange, Hawaii Health Connector, has been under fire for being the most costly...
View Article500 Thai workers benefit from multimillion dollar EEOC settlement with Hawaii...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN – HONOLULU – Five hundred laborers brought to Hawaii from Thailand over four years beginning in 2003 by the Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, Global Horizons, Inc. to work...
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