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

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