Altria, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies formerly known as the Philip Morris Companies, spent far more than any other interest group lobbying state lawmakers between 2006 and 2012, according to lobbyist reports filed with the State Ethics Commission. Altria Client Services, the subsidiary handling lobbying, litigation, and other aspects of the tobacco company’s [...]
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Early risers might have noticed that yesterday’s post about SB893 and the Marvin Dang saga went through a quick but substantial revision. Here’s the story of what led to up to the revision. The story started when I noticed this item at the top of the Ethics Commission website: > Commission resolves investigation re legislative [...]
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[Revised 9:45 a.m.] Remember the flap during the recent legislative session over SB893? That’s the bill that would have retroactively exempted attorney/lobbyist Marvin Dang from conflict of interest provisions of the state ethics law after he lobbied on bills proposed by a mortgage foreclosure task force he had served on. There was a big ruckus [...]
My column on Civil Beat this morning takes a look at the kerfuffle surrounding the decision by the board of the UH faculty union to end its long affiliation with the National Education Association. I didn’t try to unpack the decision itself, which I’m assured has very long and complicated historical roots. Instead, I highlighted [...]
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The University of Hawaii’s top lawyer appeared before the State Ethics Commission last week to ask the commission to review and approve policies adopted last year governing allocation of free tickets to UH athletic events. Darolyn Lendio, UH vice-president for legal affairs and general counsel, said the school has adopted tough new policies to limit [...]
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The Judicial Council is extending the deadline in its search to find qualified applicants to fill two vacancies on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission. The new application deadline is March 31, 2013. The Judicial Council is also seeking qualified applicants to fill a vacancy on the Campaign Spending Commission. The deadline for persons interested in [...]
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There’s still time to submit quick testimony in favor of HB1132, which would move the deadline for filing of legislators’ annual financial disclosures with the State Ethics Commission from the current May 31 to January 31. The existing May 31 deadline allows legislators to go through the full legislative session without having to update their [...]
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The State Ethics Commission’s application of key ethics provisions to members of temporary state task forces is again causing headaches. Civil Beat’s Nathan Eagle described the latest go-around over SB893, which was notable for pitting testimony by former commission director Dan Mollway (who supported the bill) against the commission’s current director, Les Kondo, who strongly [...]
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