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on ‘pay-to-play’ Inside the late-night parties where Hawaii politicians raked in money By BLAZE LOVELL, ERIC SAGARA and IRENE CASADO SANCHEZ NYTimes News Service HONOLULU – For the better part of a decade, some of Hawaii’s most powerful people huddled together atlate-night parties in a cramped second-flooroffice where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to dropcash and checks into a metal lockbox. That was the entry fee for these extraordinary political…Read more

AG reveals Maui fire findings

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLERAssociated Press HONOLULU – As unpredictable wildfires roared across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday. Communications problems were also encountered by the…Read more

Murder charge anticipated in death of infant

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald Neither police nor prosecutors are identifying the suspect in the murder of a 5-monthold boy on New Year’s Eve 2022, but all publicly available evidence points to the mother, Yasmine Michelle Lilia Butterfield, who also is known as Lilia Alameda. The death of the infant, Makia Alameda, originally was classified as a coroner’s inquest. It became a second-degree murder investigation after police received the final autopsy report in late 2023. The…Read more

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