Entries Tagged as 'lobbyists'
Another review of expenditure reports filed by lobbyists and the businesses and organizations that employ them confirmed what I initially noted two weeks ago–money spent on the gifts given to public officials by lobbyists are rarely publicly disclosed, despite the requirements of state law. This time I looked at reports filed by individual lobbyists, as [...]
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Tags: Hawaii_State_Ethics_Commission·lobbyists
I followed up on the issue of whether the recent UH arbitration decision is a public record by repeating my request to UH, this time in writing, and expanding it to include the post-hearing legal brief filed on behalf of the university. It will likely take several days for the letter to get through the [...]
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Tags: lobbyist regulation·lobbyists