Honolulu Civil Beat | Following The Money: These Contractors Have Given To Hawaii Politicians In 2024 @civilbeat | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Executive officers and employees of government contractors along with their family members donated more than $170,000 to local campaigns between January and the end of June, a Civil Beat review of campaign finance data found.
Hawaii banned donations from contractors in 2005, but the Legislature wrote a loophole into the law that allowed officers, owners, employees and family members to continue donating. A New York Times and Civil Beat investigation earlier this year found that nearly one-fifth of all campaign donations made since 2006 came from people tied to contractors.
Efforts to close the loophole and ban donations from company executives and family members failed in the last two legislative sessions. However, citing the Times/Civil Beat investigation, lawmakers and government watchdog groups have said they will take up the issue again next year.
Read the full story: civilbeat.org/2024/07/hawaii-contractors-are-still-big-contributors-to-political-campaigns-thanks-to-loopholes-in-state-law
Executive officers and employees of government contractors along with their family members donated more than $170,000 to local campaigns between January and the end of June, a Civil Beat review of campaign finance data found.
Hawaii banned donations from contractors in 2005, but the Legislature wrote a loophole into the law that allowed officers, owners, employees and family members to continue donating. A New York Times and Civil Beat investigation earlier this year found that nearly one-fifth of all campaign donations made since 2006 came from people tied to contractors.
Efforts to close the loophole and ban donations from company executives and family members failed in the last two legislative sessions. However, citing the Times/Civil Beat investigation, lawmakers and government watchdog groups have said they will take up the issue again next year.
Read the full story: civilbeat.org/2024/07/hawaii-contractors-are-still-big-contributors-to-political-campaigns-thanks-to-loopholes-in-state-law
