Baltimore prosecutor comes from a long line of cops

Marilyn Mosby has to decide whether to file criminal charges in Freddie Gray's death. FULL STORY

Office of Hawaiian Affairs votes to withdraw its support for Thirty Meter Telescope

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees voted Thursday to withdraw its resolution supporting the Thirty Meter Telescope project on the Big Island's Mauna Kea. The trustees, including Colette Machado, Peter Apo, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Lei Ahu Isa, Haunani Apoliona, Rowena Akana. John Waihee IV,and Dan Ahuna, (in place of Chair Robert Lindsey,) voted 6-1 to rescind the agency's approval after hearing testimony from more than 60 people. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees originally…

This is why biz travel to Hawaii doesn't fly

The problem for us is right there in the headline at The Los Angeles Times: "DWP trusts paid for steak dinners, trips to Hawaii, Las Vegas, audits find." In Friday's cover story in the print edition of Pacific Business News, you'll see seven of Hawaii's top tourism executives talk about the forces shaping their industry today. One of them is the challenge of selling Hawaii as a destination for business travel. It's a tough sell. We've done such a good job marketing Hawaii as a relaxing, tropical…

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg looked into buying Hawaii's Molokai Ranch

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have had his eye on buying another property on another island in Hawaii before settling on the purchase of hundreds of acres on Kauai, Pacific Business News has learned. Zuckerberg, the world’s 16th richest person with a net worth of $34.7 billion, according to Forbes, apparently considered buying the 56,744-acre Molokai Ranch during a recent hunting trip there, multiple sources tell PBN. Instead, Zuckerberg, who in 2011 pledged to only eat meat from animals he…

Butler Snow law firm moves into 1801 California

Butler Snow LLP, a law firm that moved into the Denver market less than two years ago, is making a move into the 1801 California St. tower that was once home to Qwest. Butler Snow, a Mississippi-based law firm with 300 attorneys across the country and in London, is leasing 22,000 square feet in the downtown tower. The firm's attorneys had been working in the Denver Tech Center with a focus on public finance, tax incentive and credit markets. But the firm needed a little more elbow room. The move…

Motion to unseal documents in Duke Energy’s federal coal-ash case is sealed

Federal prosecutors have filed a motion to unseal Duke Energy’s original motion for a delay in sentencing on its guilty pleas to nine misdemeanors involving coal ash disposal and Duke has responded. But all those motions are, perhaps unsurprisingly, under seal. An open hearing on the motion was held April 14 in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. The public learned at that hearing that the basic issue raised by Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) was that it wanted to delay sentencing until the U.S. Environmental…

University of Hawaii to strengthen Pacific research ties with $4.6M grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Hawaii a $4.6 million grant for a five-year project to upgrade undersea cables that connect Australia, Hawaii, and the Mainland. Two Southern Cross cable network fiber optic links will be renovated to reach 100 gigabits per second, from current speeds of 40 gigabits per second. One cable connects Australia to New Zealand to the Big Island to Los Angeles. The second connects Australia to Oahu to Seattle. “UH has a long and rich history…

Focus turns to Freddie Gray's ride to police station

The mystery grew more complex as new reports put the focus on the 40-minute trip. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | WATCH LIVE: Protests in Baltimore | WATCH LIVE: Protests in Philadelphia

Former Bucyrus exec fired from AT&T after racial discrimination suit

Following a $100 million racial discrimination suit, AT&T Inc. has fired the president of its U-Verse business, a former executive with South Milwaukee's Bucyrus International. Aaron Slator's actions sparked the lawsuit filed against himself, the company, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, other executives and a board member. A company statement sent to the Dallas Business Journal reads, "Aaron Slator has been terminated. There is no place for demeaning behavior within AT&T and we regret the action was…