Author: Jim Dooley
Jim Dooley joined the Hawaii Reporter staff as an investigative reporter in October 2010. Before that, he has worked as a print and television reporter in Hawaii since 1973, beginning as a wire service reporter with United Press International. He joined Honolulu Advertiser in 1974, working as general assignment and City Hall reporter until 1978. In 1978, he moved to full-time investigative reporting in for The Advertiser; he joined KITV news in 1996 as investigative reporter. Jim returned to Advertiser 2001, working as investigative reporter and court reporter until 2010. Reach him at Jim@hawaiireporter.com
Articles by Jim Dooley:
Inouye Asked That Hanabusa Succeed Him In Senate
Monday, December 17th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - Before he died, Sen. Daniel Inouye asked that U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa replace him in office, Inouye’s office said. Hanabusa was Inouye’s “one and only choice,” said Inouye press spokesman Peter Boylan. The request was made in a personal message delivered to Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie in recent days. Abercrombie, who [...]
Read Full Article >>Governor Proposes $6.1 Billion Budget
Monday, December 17th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - A proposed new $6.1 billion state operating budget has been presented to state lawmakers by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, representing a 7.8 per cent spending increase in the coming fiscal year with another 11 per cent rise the following year. A news conference called by the governor today to unveil the budget document was [...]
Read Full Article >>Federal Judge Will Rule Soon On Future Of Rail Project
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - A federal judge today listened to new arguments in the legal challenge to Honolulu’s $5.3 billion rapid transit project and said he will rule shortly on whether to order a halt to the project. The hearing before U.S. 9th Circuit Appellate Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima centered on how the city [...]
Read Full Article >>Man Accused Of Defrauding Elderly Creates "Hawaii Reported" Web Site
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - After Hawaii Reporter published news stories about local businessman Daniel Doi’s legal problems with the state, Doi created his own web site, called Hawaii Reported, that claims he is the victim of a political vendetta orchestrated by state officials. The Attorney General’s office in November obtained a Circuit Court injunction against Doi [...]
Read Full Article >>Caldwell, PAC Spent $5 Million In Mayoral Campaign
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - Kirk Caldwell and the Super PAC that supported him spent more than $5 million to win this year’s Honolulu mayoral election – tripling the expenditures of losing candidate Ben Cayetano, according to reports filed today with the state Campaign Spending Commission. Pacific Resources Partnership, the political action committee that backed Caldwell, spent [...]
Read Full Article >>UH President Greenwood And Her Longtime Partner Donate $50,000 to Cancer Center
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - A $50,000 donation to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center from UH President M.R.C.Greenwood and her longtime partner, Patricia Johnson, has earned the couple prominent recognition at the front entrance of the new center. On the entry wall above a koa bench seating area are raised metal letters which say, “M.R.C. Greenwood [...]
Read Full Article >>"Wonder Blunder" Defendant Hubbard Pleads Not Guilty
Friday, November 30th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY -Marc Hubbard, the North Carolina man accused of defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000, appeared in federal court here today and pleaded not guilty. “He’s a legitimate businessman,” one of his attorneys, Peter Anderson, said outside court. Hubbard, a nightclub operator and entertainment promoter based in the Charlotte area, is also represented [...]
Read Full Article >>Accused Rapist Caught In The Act, Police Say
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 in Special Investigation&Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - A state probationer suing Honolulu police for alleged civil rights violations is facing new criminal charges after police reported last month that they caught him in the act of raping a 13-year-old girl, according to court records. Dewitt Lamar Long, 45, filed suit against the HPD last year, claiming officers violated his [...]
Read Full Article >>Federal Grand Jury Indicts 8 in Connection with Big Island Gambling Business
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 in Today in Hawaii
BY JIM DOOLEY - A federal grand jury has indicted eight persons for their alleged involvement in a massive Big Island gambling operation that involved millions of dollars in wagers. Charged in the case are: Eric Ford, 45 Marlo Banasan, 34 Matthew Phillips, 39 Kendale Limahai, 47 Robert Bland, 35 Jonah Yardley, 37 Trevor Carter, 24 [...]
Read Full Article >>Kauai Prosecutor Says County Official Rapozo Will Be Charged Again
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 in News&Today in Hawaii
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN AND JIM DOOLEY - Kauai’s outgoing prosecuting attorney says she will move to reinstate criminal charges against county official Janine Rapozo. Yesterday Kauai Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano dismissed a theft indictment of county executive Janine Rapozo, ruling that not enough grand jurors supported the charge. Story Now Prosecuting Attorney Shaylene Iseri-Cravalho says she [...]
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