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

1. Brenton Awa to Challenge Tokuda for Congress
2. Rubber Stamp Legislature Needs More Dissent
3. Grassroot: Lahaina, Jones Act, and Rail
4. Speed Cameras for Out-of-Control Drivers
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 24, 2025
6. Maui Council Member Tasha Kama dead at 73
7. TOTAL FAIL: After Two Decades of Green Energy Initiative--Hawaiʻi Electricity Still 71% Oil
8. Government Shutdown To Halt Hawaii Food Stamps Nov 1?
9. Norwegian Cruise Line Alerts Guests to Hefty New Hawaii Tax—still considering lawsuit
10. Hawaiʻi County police commissioners to question chief applicants on immigration raids
11. Prior Hawai “gag orders” have been struck down as unconstitutional
12. Six Years Later, MLP repairs ditch serving ill-fated golf course  
13. Maui Council refers to committee proposal for interim ban on new West Maui swimming pools  
14. Bill to ban plastic foodware advances
15. Viral Bullying Videos Are Sign Of Bigger Problem In Hawaiʻi Schools

1. Spend That Money, Vought Is Watching
2. Honolulu’s “No Firearms” Transit Signs Are Misleading
3. Kamehameha Schools Admissions Policy: Political, not Racial
4. Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran AWOL: Missed 1,202 Votes At The Hawaiʻi Legislature
5. Still Haven’t Learned: Hawaii Democratic Party wants Special Session to Protect Trannies
6. 69% Of Hawaii Drownings Are Visitors As Maui Rate Doubles
7. Task force aims at permitting reform
8. Green Most Popular Democrat Governor in USA
9. Development in Ala Moana-Kapiolani corridor stalls
10. Rail: An elevated trip to bankruptcy
11. Hawaii Pro Golf Tour Events Drying Up

• Speed, Lack of Enforcement Behind Traffic Deaths
• Speed Cameras for Out-of-Control Drivers

1. Inch by inch, everything's a cinch!
2. Speed, Lack of Enforcement Behind Traffic Deaths
3. Statewide Traffic Deaths Top Last Year's Total
4. Bottomless Pit of Tax Dollars: Honolulu rail authority votes to burn first $53M of $ Billions on major system expansion
5. Skyline’s future funding may be delayed due to government shutdown
6. Recovering Hawaii's missing children
7. Suspect in deadly Hawaii Island crash was cited just 3 days prior
8. Maui Ethics Board Is Reconsidering New Confidentiality Rule
9. Eight Hours: State land board hears testimony on aquarium fishing proposal
10. State disaster response: Federal grant cuts, FEMA delays and shutdown disruptions

1. VIDEO: Building common ground: Expanding housing in Hawaii
2. New report shows how outdated parking mandates inflate Hawaiʻi housing costs
3. Japanese Archery Range Coming to Honolulu
4. Hawaii needs help with its social worker shortage  
5. Red Flag Could Lead to Blackouts
6. Too Many Blackouts? HECO will buy you a Generator
7. Pohoiki Boat Ramp Opens--Blocked by Shifting Shoreline within week
8. Contracts: How Much Money is in Honolulu's Sewers?
9. UH study: 19-year life expectancy gap among Hawaiʻi groups
10. Latest Maui Council Trick: Steal 6,700 TVRs but ‘promise’ to return 4,200 of them
11. ‘Weak Leisure Travel’ behind Hawaiian $42M Loss
12. Kapalua Golf’s Plantation Course to reopen on Nov. 10 after two month closure
13. Methamphetamines News: ‘Lāhainā Rising’ so-called Documentary features Lahaina Strong
14. Skyline rail system sees 10,000 daily ridership in first week of extended service
15. Tax Hike Coming: $350M for Bikeways to satisfy global warming teenagers
16. New Kauai County law mandates wildfire resistant homes
17. Hawaiʻi County: 2,200 families on Section 8
18. State land board to consider reopening Hawaii reefs for aquarium fish collecting
19. Maui convict brings decades-old rape conviction to Supreme Court

1. Time for new choices on how to fix Hawaii’s shortage of housing
2. Green in DC to Meet with Army
3. Hawaii DoE Disciplines Teacher for Student-Initiated Charlie Kirk Free Speech Discussion on Constitution Day
4. Bissen Admits Tax Hikes Coming: ‘Will Cost us Millions’ after we steal all 6,700 TVRs on Minatoya List
5. Josh Green for President: Are you laughing?
6. After wasting two decades on useless solar and wind, Will Oil-Soaked Hawaii Finally Start Using Cheap, Clean Natural Gas?
7. Complaints about DPPs HNL Build Already an Old Story?
8. New Maui Ethics Board Rules Silence Citizens With Pending Complaints
9. Kapahulu barricade: ‘I am a doper and as soon as I get out of here, I’m gonna go back and smoke dope again’
10. Hawaii film industry shrunk 80% since Miske Gang Busted
11. 10 endangered, missing youth recovered in multi-agency operation on Oahu
12. Hawaii set to offer aid for SNAP families as federal shutdown threatens to disrupt food stamp program
13. Will New Bonuses Keep Honolulu's 911 Staff On The Job?

1. Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
2. Even on Fare-Free Weekend, Rail Ridership falls short of Blangiardi's 25,000
3. Blangiardi signs Bill 51 establishing Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District
4. Hawaiʻi’s 5-cent beverage deposit program for 20 years plagued by fraud and failure, State Auditor says
5. Homeless Lunatics get revolving door at overcrowded state hospital
6. Kapahulu Barricade: Convicted meth dealer Got a Second Chance -- and guess what happened
7. New report shows significant increase in keiki poverty as COVID Money dries up
8. Reso 262: Honolulu’s transit fares subsidized more as fewer ride
9. Ex-Kauaʻi Cop Accused In Airport Death Lacked Security Guard License
10. State's Dredging Of Pohoiki Bay – Designed to Fail

1. Lawsuit Filed Over Kamehameha Admission Policy
2. US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
3. Milk Recall: Children Sickened at More Elementary Schools
4. 100th Pre-K Classroom Opens
5. Former Navatek CEO Gets 33 Months Prison for Corruption
6. Even on Free Ride Weekend, Skyline Passenger Count Comes up Short
7. Hawaii County Police Chief Application Deadline Oct 31
8. HECO to PUC: LNG for Oahu & Maui & 138-kV Electric Lines for Oahu
9. Global Warming Teenyboppers just keep Losing
10. Condo Boards: Legislative Reform on Agenda for 2026
11. Hawaii Newspapers closing, news deserts growing
12. The future of Miske’s fortune remains unsettled
13. Pohoiki Dredging Project Fails To Open Boat Ramp
14. Tulsi Gabbard helps lead Trump’s ‘Deep State’ purge effort

1. Hawaii State Most Affected by Government Shutdown
2. Lahaina’s affordable Front Street Apartments ‘streamlined’ rebuild time—6 years
3. ‘Complete Failure’: Honolulu Permit Workers Say Tech Upgrade Is A Bust
4. Farmworkers Earn Well Over Minimum Wage But Not Enough For Hawai‘i
5. The Supreme Court Challenge to Hawaii’s Gun Laws
6. Hawaii's strategy:  Milk the tourists for every penny
7. Sentry Golf Domino Effect
8. Some On-Line ‘Sweepstakes Casinos’ Allow Hawaii Gamblers