Malia Zimmerman

KA LOKO DAM BREACH AND DEVASTATION: WAS IT REALLY AN ‘ACT OF GOD?’

Godbey Report: Roadmap to Prevent Kauai’s Ka Loko Dam Breach Disaster From Ever Happening Again
Key Witnesses Speak Out for the First Time; Dam’s Owner James Pflueger Goes on the Record with Hawaii Reporter; Kauai County Mystery Unsolved; Government on the Hot Seat; Families Still Wait for Justice

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?74767d03-ae30-457a-82bc-85343fa5c834

Jimmy Pflueger Indicted for Manslaughter for Ka Loko Deaths

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?d854cb80-fc6b-4364-a6e8-0e4cca780437

After the Flood

By Glenn Silber and Malia Zimmerman

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?c8d20fc2-02a6-492b-8766-731aaca30128

KAUAI’S PILAA FLOOD: ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER EXPLORED

Devastation at Pilaa: Civil Cases Related to the 2001 Environmental Disaster Nearly Resolved

PART 1 of a 3-Part Series

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?b48cee42-01e0-45b0-bdda-69b058d321bf

Criminal Convictions in Pilaa Pollution Case – Just the Beginning of This Kauai Drama

PART 2 of a 3-Part Series

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?ab773170-0aca-4bb8-bc21-8ef9af890eee

Pilaa Disaster: A Precursor to a Much Larger Catastrophe, The March 14, 2006, Ka Loko Dam Breach

PART 3 of a 3-Part Series

HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES IN HAWAII AND AMERICAN SAMOA EXPOSED

Aloun Farms Investigated for State and Federal Labor Violations

Thai Agriculture Workers Say They Were Treated Unjustly and Unfairly at the Kapolei-based Farm and Abandoned by Their Former Employer; Aloun’s Owners Say They Have Abided by the Law, Despite Tremendous Labor Challenges

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?e7f8cc39-8c0c-4812-be7e-879659e73805

Aloun Farm Owners, Thai Labor Recruiter, Await Sentencing for Forced Labor Violations; Hawaii’s Influential Government and Banking Officials Back Defendants in Court

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/aloun-farm-owners-thai-labor-recruiter-await-sentencing-for-forced-labor-violations-hawaiis-influential-government-and-banking-officials-back-defendants-in-court

Hawaii-based Thai Human Trafficking Victims in Limbo

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/hawaii-based-thai-human-trafficking-victims-in-limbo

Tyranny in Garment Factory on American Soil Proves Absurdity of Ousting America from U.N. Human Rights Commission

June 2003 – Republished Article – Wins Top Investigative Award

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?18ab6198-6ce0-4463-bf13-e6fa2b0ef0c2

Washington Times: U.S. probes American Samoan firm; Foreign employees claim exploitation

JONES ACT: DOES IT PROTECT HAWAII OR PUSH PEOPLE FURTHER INTO POVERTY?

National Battle Rages Over Jones Act Exemption in BP Oil Spill-Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation is in the Fray

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/national-battle-rages-over-jones-act-exemption-in-bp-oil-spill-and-hawaiis-congressional-delegation-is-in-the-fray

Businesses Hit Hard by Costly Jones Act Regulations

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/businesses-hit-hard-by-costly-jones-act-regulations-part-2-in-a-series

TRANSPORTATION BOONDOGGLES

Concerns About City’s $1 Billion Bus Rapid Transit System Prevalent in FTA Documents Obtained by Hawaii Reporter

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?8b286599-e358-4d87-8435-32385f02cc2a

FTA Says City Not Required to Advertise Its Pro-Rail Position

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?78665966-2a95-4485-ac52-fe607381dc71

ELDERLY ABUSE SPOTLIGHTED

91-Year-Old Widow Says She Is Penniless After Fraud at American Savings Bank: Two Related Lawsuits Filed Against the State’s Third Largest Bank; At Least 3 Federal Agencies are Investigating Crimes Alleged in Lawsuit Filed by Former Bank Security Manager, Bert Corniel

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?9aa3cae3-0ab2-4dc7-aa82-67f8dd8b54e2

Controversy Surrounds Final Years of Life of Masumi Murasaki and His Caregiver, Jennifer Alonso-Toma, Now Wife of Mayoral Candidate Duke Bainum

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?04190df9-96c5-4310-a343-26146c52eacc

Backgrounds of Experts Hired by Jennifer Toma-Bainum in Murasaki Case Under Scrutiny in Court

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?e15c951f-7bc5-41c6-a73e-ce415e424e35

Q&A on Duke Bainum’s Death and the Foundation His Wife Jennifer Founded to Collect Donations After His Death

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?699be667-aa78-4642-858f-42d25a96527e

OTHER INVESTIGATIONS

Life and Death Medical Challenges in Maui

http://townhall.com/columnists/MaliaZimmerman/2009/10/09/life_and_death_medical_challenges_in_maui

Who is watching the business security industry?

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/12/06/story3.html

Businesses allege retribution: GOP supporters say audits, inspections are punishment for votes

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/10/04/story1.html

Manager, state in flea market brawl – Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/06/28/story1.html

Stadium fight escalates after alleged break-in – Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/19/story1.html

Lawsuit against stadium alleges health violations – Pacific Business News

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/07/19/story3.html