1. Hawaii faces constitutional showdown over climate tax on cruise ships
2. OHA: How much money can we get from Military Condemnation?
3. Cost of Living Behind Hawaiʻi’s rising child poverty
4. After Renters Evicted, Courtyards of Waipouli now offered to Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries on Kaua‘i
5. State land board hears conflict over East Maui water
6. Usual Suspects Try to Push Heretical Non-Believers off BLNR
7. PUC ‘suspends’ proposed Maui power plant
8. Commission wants more candidates to request public funds for their campaigns
9. Meth-Addled Firebugs Kicked out of Another Dry Brush Area

1. Remember 313,000?  A look at HART's shifty ridership projections
2. Green Names Advisory Committee for Military Land Negotiations
3. Coast Guard Intercepts Russian Spy Ship 15 Miles off Barbers Point
4. Honolulu Grand Jury Indicts Two in Realty Scam
5. Former death row inmate sentenced to life for sex trafficking in Hawaii
6. Trump signs executive order to improve foster care
7. Feds now Claim $35K Legislative Bribery Case Does Not Exist
8. False Dichotomy: Lawmakers, advocates ‘defend’ mail-in voting
9. No Surprise: Green’s TMT letter draws strong opposition at Maunakea authority meeting
10. Maui: Usual Suspects Getting Closer to Grabbing Mahi Pono Water and Dumping it Down Stream Beds
11. Lacking Space in Lunatic Asylums, City Gives Homeless Tickets Instead

1. Hirono Voted 15 Times to Keep Government Closed--blames Republicans
2. UHERO: Disabled Maui residents still face steep barriers to recovery 2 years after wildfires
3. Condorama XV Set for this Weekend
4. To Keep Case in State System, HPD decides to claim murder of Ex-federal informant not gang retaliation
5. Star-Adv Admits ‘Passive’ AG Lopez is Protecting Legislative Bribe-Taker
6. While Legislator Evades Justice for $35K Bribe--Architect, 92, On Trial For Failed $20 Gift To City Worker
7. Biggest water users in West Maui are Hotels and Resorts not TVRs—Bill 9 will make it worse
8. 500 Grifters Grab for Green Fee Money
9. Only Five Honolulu Businesses Hurt By Rail Construction Got $10K from City
10. The Old Aloha Stadium Was A Failure
11. Parents of infant abused at Navy day care in Hawaii file federal lawsuit
12. Get a Job: 6,000 Medicaid Recipients will need to work at least 20 hours
13. Hawaiʻi DOE Spending More On Buses For Fewer Students
14. Hawaii’s speed enforcement cameras -- zero citations due to tech failure
15. Tsunami Alert: NOAA ending contract with Alaska Earthquake Center
16. Kona Park to be Irrigated with Treated former Injection Well Sewage
17. Stolen truck, guns, hazards recovered during Maui wildfire risk reduction program

1. Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions on Hawaii Island
2. OHA Relaunches Congressional Fellows Program with 8(a) Co-sponsorships
3. Clarifying misconceptions in Bad Bunny’s ‘Hawaii’
4. Solar Scammers Terrified as they Lose Grip on PUC
5. DPP HNL Build: “Jumping on the grenade”
6. Rail ridership numbers average 11,649—counting grand opening free rides
7. Honolulu Fire Department Relied On Risky Tactic In Deadly Blaze
8. Hawaii Job Corps still alive after Court Order Stays Cancellation
9. Criminal Runs Red Light, Gets Killed in Crash: If he was also running from Police, family can cash in

1. Three names on list to fill vacant Maui council seat
2. Survey: 75% of Hawaiʻi’s Workforce May Leave
3. HPD finds Missing Tennessee Child Living in Van with Criminal in Hawaii
4. HPD Seeks Community Feedback to Enhance Public Safety Services
5. PUC Chair Resigns
6. Alleged Chinese Spy Given Hawaii Mansion
7. 60 Mentally Ill Inmates at WCCC
8. SHPD Begins Updating Statewide Historic Preservation Plan
9. EXPOSED:  How AG Lopez Stalling Bribery Investigation Until Statute of Limitations Runs Out
10. Honolulu Mayor wants power to hire and fire police chief
11. Money News: OHA Wants ‘Seat at table’ in Army Land Negotiations
12. Profit and debt will fund $2B in Hawaiian Electric ventures
13. Green Energy Scammers Grift Legislature for More Subsidies
14. Honolulu City Council approves pay raise for police
15. Immigration arrests surge in Hawaii as federal agents target courthouses
16. Soft on Crime: Man accused of sexually assaulting disabled woman was on probation for another case
17. Council OKs vacation rental fee increases
18. Kauai County Charter Review Commission invites public comment

1. DoE Backs Down Completely From Punishing Teacher for Allowing Kirk and Trump Discussion on Constitution Day
2. Four Ways to Keep Building Rail Forever
3. City Council urges repeal of transit fare ‘Cost Recovery’ policy as Transit Ridership Declines
4. Hawaiian Electric, Investors Reach Deal in Lahaina Fire Suit
5. Losers: Schatz, Hirono voted to keep Government Closed
6. USDA: State Should Undo SNAP Benefit Payments
7. “The tweakers, squatters, druggies — whatever you want to call them — they come in here all day, kicking, squatting, robbing”
8. OHA awarded grant to assess Kakaako Makai land
9. Visitors Say Hawaii Is Getting Too Complicated To Enjoy

1. Bishop Street Lawyer Behind OHA Power Grab?
2. Flagged for being too efficient?
3. Eligible Charges
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 8, 2025
5. $35,000: House Speaker Looks for Way to Blame Attorney General for Bribery Coverup  
6. Bissen reelection campaign based on Lahaina Strong Meth Gang
7. False Dichotomy: Skeptics to ask Legislature to ban mail-in voting in Hawaii
8. Charter Commission Gets Slammed With More Than 200 Proposals
9. 40% vacant beds at Two Hawaii Prisons
10. Blake Parsons Appointed to Police Commission
11. New show or just a re-run for Mauna Kea telescope?
12. Bill 7: Keep pushing to improve Honolulu’s housing laws
13. Plastic foodware ban on Hawaii County Council Agenda (again)

1. Just the beginning: 36-40 Flights Cut over Weekend
2. 'Building common ground' housing event travels to Kauai on Wednesday, Nov. 12
3. Slink Away in Shame: ‘Missen Bissen’ Announces Reelection Campaign
4. ‘Bad Actors Within Department’ -- Internal HPD memo warned that officers were arresting sober drivers for DUI, but practice continued
5. Former informant in high profile case found dead
6. Discussions underway for $3 billion Thirty Meter Telescope to be built on alternative site on Mauna Kea
7. A Campaign to Make Guam the 51st State Is Gaining Traction
8. Drama: Hawaii National Guard activated to make statewide food distribution efforts look more like an emergency
9. How parking spot mandates affect affordable housing in Honolulu
10. HPD arrests 4, seizes 48 gambling machines in Waialua, Pearl City raids
11. Nanakuli Homeless Refuse Shelter, Pledge to ‘go stealing’ even after EBT Cards Filled
12. 2,400 Hawaii households missing SNAP payments after Supreme Court stay
13. Burning Man comes to Papaikou (again)

1. Lawsuit: OHA Budget Process Rooted in Illegal Power Grab
2. Just the beginning: Six HNL Flights Cut for Friday
3. Rep Lowen Too Busy to Respond to Constituents
4. OHA Approves Emergency Relief Payments for Native Hawaiians
5. Hilo, 1881: Gaming for Control of the World's Largest Church
6. $360M: HDoT Launches 113 Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects
7. Ridiculous Asks: Fake ‘Geothermal’ Scheme Wants OHA to ‘Invest’ $5 Million (again)
8. Should HART Be Allowed To Manage City Projects Beyond Honolulu Rail?
9. State offers to pay TSA, FAA workers to spare Hawaii from air travel cuts
10. Government shutdown leads to cancellation of two Veterans Day ceremonies on Oahu
11. Kunia Loa Ridge 15 Years in Legal Limbo
12. Supreme Court Decides not to let Child Molester Get Away With It
13. Criminal fights Maui police, loses
14. Tren de Aragua? Immigration raid targets cleaning company employees months after wage settlement

Rep Lowen Too Busy to Respond to Constituents

1. Ex-Justice Wilson: Hawaii Judiciary Believes Courts have duty to protect future generations from Climate Change
2. Hawaii remains the only state in the nation to impose a complete prohibition on firearm ownership by adults aged eighteen to twenty
3. AI Tool Helps You Keep Track of Hawaii Government Actions
4. Hawaii Household Debt Highest in USA
5. Coverup: Hawaii House leaders conceal name of Legislator who allegedly took $35,000 bribe
6. DOE Superintendent 60% pay hike approved by board
7. Teacher says DOE response to Charlie Kirk class discussion violates her rights
8. Maui Water Shortage is an Artificially-Created Illusion—Maui Council Votes to Make it Go Away for one developer
9. Solar Industry:  Barrel Tax on Oil to Subsidize Us
10. Honolulu airport on FAA list for cuts in air traffic
11. ICE raids on Kauai lead to dozens of arrests
12. Maui: Homeless Drug Addicts are a Fire Risk--police called 118 times
13. Queen Emma Land Co. Wants Former Tenant To Tear Down Historic Building
14. Mom, daughter face extortion charge in alleged assault of special needs student
15. State Sen. Awa contests election ethics violation

1. Hawaii AG joins suit over Trump’s limits for FEMA grants
2. Hawaii AG joins suit to protect student loan forgiveness for 'illegal purpose' nonprofit employees
3. DoH Preps Hemp Retail Registration System
4. Matson Partners with WhaleSpotter to Commercialize Breakthrough Whale Detection Technology
5. Green’s $10B Negotiating Position on Army Training Lands
6. Hawaii residents face steep Obamacare premium increases amid subsidy uncertainty
7. Hawaii elections commission calls for end to mail-in voting
8. DCCA 26 Years of Stalling on Condo Database
9. Opioids, cesspools and more: Inside the counties' 2026 legislative proposals
10. HPD using mounted license plate reading cameras
11. Council to mull "Shared Streets" proposal to Jam up Traffic Even More
12. City selects corporations to lead inclusive housing development
13. Former UFC star B.J. Penn arrested, charged with assault in Hilo

1. Maui Council Announces ​Process to Fill Vacancy
2. County of Maui seeking volunteers to serve on Boards and Commissions
3. Convicted Felon Arrested and Charged After Stealing Multiple Firearms from a Storage Locker
4. Restoring ʻĀina, Restoring Ourselves
5. OHA Board to Decide on Emergency Relief Payments for Native Hawaiians
6. DLE Top Criminal Investigator Plotted False Arrest of Senator’s Husband
7. Ghouls: ‘Progressives’ Try to Exploit Death of Tasha Kama to Force Bill 9 Vote
8. Charter Amendment: HART to become Eternal Construction Project
9. Worth $400K?  DOE's Top Bureaucrat Could Get 60% Pay Raise
10. Governor, Congressional Delegation Push Funding for Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea
11. Bishop Street Lawyer May Face New charges in probate fraud case
12. Green Sea Turtles are Delicious. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them?

1. Easing farmworker housing rules crucial to Hawaii’s agriculture future
2. Ohana Voices: Artificial Intelligence-powered civic-engagement platform
3. In The Midst of Federal Arrests, One DPP Worker Just kept on Doing Favors
4. Hawaii Speed Cameras Go Live as Old Tickets Arrive
5. HTA Faking Tourist Data Since March 1
6. Bill 9’s first reading to be scheduled after council fills vacancy
7. Four Seasons wins SMA permit after Maui Planning Commission backs off property-wide water monitoring
8. Push is on for Carbon Taxes in 2026 Legislature
9. Union urges no vote on TheBus contract offer, says OTS ‘does not value’ workers
10. Immigration enforcement impacting production at some small Kona coffee farms
11. Long delay of bowling alley on Lanai suggests need for parking reform

1. Why Are Fewer Young People Identifying as Trans?
2. TATmas Tree
3. Halloween is over, but spooky creatures still haunt us
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 1, 2025
5. Sen Karl Rhoads will not seek reelection in 2026
6. Eight Hours of Useless Posturing at Elections Commission Meeting
7. Council likely to push back implementation of STVR law to July 2026
8. Maui County plans more wells, system upgrades to meet Upcountry’s water issues, growing demand
9. Not enough after-school child care to meet demand, Hawaiʻi report finds
10. State law enforcement cites litigation concerns in $500K handgun switch
11. HHFDC Resells 17 Landslide Lots in Kuliouou

1. State Tax Competitiveness--Hawaii Ranks 41st
2. After 500,000 Warnings, Speed Cams Begin Issuing Real Tickets
3. Not Enough Workers for Pork Barrel Projects
4. Fatal ʻEwa Beach Fire: Care Home Had History Of Not Documenting Fire Drills 
5. Hawaii gang leader known as 'Murder Inc.' sentenced in federal court

1. Study: Illinois, Connecticut, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey and Mississippi have the most per capita pension debt
2. $250 per person: State Opens up Welfare Spigots to Make up for Loss of SNAP
3. Tourist Count Drops 2.5%
4. Fight Set up for Control of Maui Council: ‘Progressive’ Carol Lee Kamekona announces intent to run
5. Judges Order Trump Administration To Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
6. Profitable: Shutdown a $50M Pinata for ‘Non’ Profits
7. More Money Than Workers: Construction Labor Shortage as Pork Barrel Projects Swamp State
8. Legislators Question Revolving Door For Mentally Ill
9. Suspect in deadly Hilo crash allegedly appeared intoxicated, resisted officers
10. Federal judge in Hawaii rules FDA violated the law by restricting access to abortion medication
11. New modular homes set for delivery to Lāhainā

1. Petition: Investigate Legislator who took $35K Bribe
2. Hawaii is Failing in Affordability and Homebuilding: Can Gov. Green Change That?
3. Royal Hawaiian Band kicks off Christmas Season with free “Kalikimaka Ho‘omau” Holiday Concert at Blaisdell Nov. 28
4. Koko Head Shooting Complex Back at 100%
5. State Opens up Welfare Spigots to Make up for Loss of SNAP
6. Time Magazine Honors Josh Green for Discovering New Way to Use ‘Climate Change’ as Excuse to Raise Taxes
7. Cult News: FBI opposes push for Gabbard to take lead on counterintelligence
8. Bissen News: Maui County Funded Groups help Mainstream Lahaina Strong Meth Gang
9. Bermudez dumps another attorney
10. Pohoiki Bay Dredging Was A Onetime Job
11. Kamehameha Ending Scholarships For Students Attending Other Schools

1. Kamehameha Admissions:  Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology?
2. Hawaii Joins 22 States Suing to Keep Welfare Cash Flowing
3. HART Board of Directors Elects New Chair and Vice Chair
4. Maui Council to Meet November 3 to Establish Process to Fill Vacancy
5. 52% of 2024 Hawaii Homicides Unsolved—and 97% of auto thefts
6. Politicians Begin Posturing Wildly as Welfare Cashflow Cutoff Looms
7. Hana Hwy Sovereignty Activists Prep Ask for 2026 Legislative Session
8. Caregivers Tax Credit: AARP Prepares Ask for 2026 Legislature
9. Chinatown seniors face steep rent increases at affordable housing complex
10. Kauai to Purge Mainlanders from Sec 8 List  
11. New program offers Hawaiʻi seniors guaranteed admissions to nine University of Hawaiʻi campuses
12. We Need To Build Financial Capability In Hawaiʻi’s Classrooms

1. Final request: Kama asks Council to name Kauanoe Batagan as her successor
2. Hegseth in Hawaii--Update on Purge of Generals (in China)
3. OHA sets aside $6.1 Million for emergency relief to protect Native Hawaiian families amid federal shutdown
4. No EBT Card Refills November 1, Obamacare Policy Premiums to Soar
5. CWS Prepares Litany of Excuses for Upcoming Legislative Session
6. Demolition begins as Kawaiahao Church prepares for reburial of ancestral remains
7. State tax office on going after 18 vacation rentals that skip out on TAT
8. Hawaiʻi Mom Sues Boys & Girls Club For Not Protecting Child From Abuse