November 14, 2026 News Read

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KSBE Seeks to Join Tribal Schools Exempted from Proposed IRS Discrimination Rules

Applicants Sought for District and District Family Court Per Diem Judges Statewide

Honolulu Liquor Commission Chair Resigns, does not admit involvement in Distillery Business

Alleged Hawaii Fentanyl Dealer Gets Two Years for Illegally Reentering US

North Shore Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Sending Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions

City pretends to seek $250,000 repayment as Louis Kealoha leaves custody

HNN: … The Kealohas each owe $300,000 in restitution to Katherine’s uncle and her grandmother’s estate.

They also both owe about $165,000 to two children over whom Katherine once had guardianship when the children’s trust accounts were depleted.

A civil court also ordered Katherine to pay $500,000 to her relatives after a lawsuit. The attorney for those relatives, Eric Seitz, is moving forward to enforce a lien in an effort to collect the money.

“I doubt that we’ll get a substantial portion of it. I think we can get some,” Seitz said….

read … City seeks $250,000 repayment as Louis Kealoha leaves custody | Hawaii News Now

Trump Extends Jones Act Waiver Again—Longest Waiver in History

R: … President Donald Trump extended for 90 days a waiver of a shipping law to allow foreign-flagged ships to transport oil and other commodities between US ports, a White House official said on Friday.

Reuters reported on Thursday that industry sources said the administration would extend the waiver on the more than 100-year-old Jones Act.

It has been the longest waiver in the history of the shipping law.

The administration issued a blanket waiver in March, a month after the US launched the war on Iran, in an effort to lower oil and fuel prices. In August, it extended the waiver but mandated that decisions would be made on a case-by-case basis, a stipulation continued through the latest waiver. …

HNN: “There have been nearly 350 shipments that have been made under the waiver,” said Jonathan Helton, senior policy analyst for the think tank Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. “Hawaii has already received at least four shipments, three of fuel and one shipment of propane. And the propane shipment is really significant because there is not a single tanker in the Jones Act fleet that is capable of carrying propane. So Hawaii typically imports all of it, mostly from Canada.”

read … US extends shipping law waiver 90 days, to allow freer movement of oil, commodities

Kali Watson Quitting DHHL

SA: … Watson said he looks forward, from the private sector side, to exploring opportunities with OHA, private Hawaiian land trusts, community organizations and others on projects ….

MN: DHHL director-kali-watson-will-not-seek-reappointment-after-four-year-term-ends

SA: Hawaiian Home Lands director to leave agency | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

OHA: OHA Thanks DHHL Director Kali Watson for Decades of Service to Native Hawaiians - The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)

PDF: Statement_from_Senator_Jarrett_Keohokalole_on_the_Kali_Watson.pdf

CB: Kali Watson Is Stepping Down As Hawaiian Home Lands Director - Honolulu Civil Beat

Read … Hawaiian Home Lands director to leave agency | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Honolulu agencies face new deadlines for permit reviews

SA: … The Department of Planning and Permitting said that participating review groups will be expected to complete residential technical reviews within two business days and commercial technical reviews within 10 business days.

The standards also call for completeness or prescreening reviews to be completed within one business day….

The standards will apply to each individual review assignment during every review cycle, including when applicants resubmit corrected plans.

Participating agencies will have six months to evaluate their staffing, operations and procedures and determine what is needed to consistently meet the new expectations. DPP will monitor review times during that period and work with agencies to address challenges.

The new standards are scheduled to become the expected operating performance for participating review groups beginning May 10, subject to applicable legal requirements….

DPP said the new deadlines do not mean applicants will receive a building permit within those timeframes. The overall permitting process can take longer because applications may require multiple rounds of corrections and reviews….

Read … Honolulu agencies face new deadlines for permit reviews | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Stalled train briefly disrupts westbound Skyline service–but, of course, nobody was on board at height of rush hour

HNN: … An unoccupied train stalled between two westbound Skyline stations Friday, briefly disrupting service during the evening commute.

At about 4:30 p.m., the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services alerted riders to closures at the Hālawa Aloha Stadium and Makalapa Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam stations….

(If there were any) Riders from the Kalihi Transit Center Station (they would have) had to get off at Makalapa, board a bus and travel to Hālawa to get back on a train.

About an hour later, at around 5:30 p.m., DTS posted on social media that the issue had been resolved….

read … Stalled train briefly disrupts westbound Skyline service between stations

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