Entries for November 2023

1. Senate Confirms Micah Smith and Shanlyn Park Hawaii Federal Judge
2. Kaneohe: Navy to Float P8 Poseidon, Restore it to Service
3. Hawaii demands remediation from Navy following jet fuel leak
4. China Could Play Major Role in Drafting New Regulations for Seabed Mining, Says U.N. Official
5. Education professor hoping alternatives to suspensions work in middle school test
6. Tourist Arrivals Down for Third Straight Month
7. HPD Finally Fires One Cop--the One Who Arrested Michael Miske 
8. Maui County Housing Solution?  A Tax Increase, of Course
9. Short Term Rental Taxes Already High
10. Waianae SD22: A Hand-Me-Down Senate Seat
11. Hawaii state Capitol soaked due to leaking reflecting pool
12. DPS Boycotting Prison Oversight Committee

1. Red Hill Water Initiative Releases Final Report
2. Navy Notifies Regulators of Groundwater PFAS Detection
3. Hawaii Republicans Improve Party Finances
4. Waianae Two Open Seats: Shimabukuro will not seek Reelection, Endorses Gates
5. Hawaii Governor Wants To Entice Maui Property Owners To Rent To Fire Victims
6. Honolulu BWS's decision to increase water rates sparks outcry from residents
7. HART Talking Up Rail extension to UH, Kahala Mall
8. First Major Rains Of Wet Season May Test Runoff Measures In Lahaina
9. Retirement savings program unlikely to start before 2025
10. ‘We’re Winging It Right Now’: Hawaii State Hospital Struggles Despite $160M Upgrade
11. Special Education Teacher Accused In Sexual Abuse Case
12. New trial date set for officers charged in 2021 Makaha crash

1. CBS: Maui County Uncooperative with Fire Investigation
2. Fire: AG Subpoenas Maui County Officials
3. Special Master: Presiding Judge Had ‘100s of Pages of Disqualifying Information’ in Kalua Case
4. DLNR: Demolition of Uncle Billy's Hotel Begins Today
5. HECO Evening Rates to Double under 'Shift and Save' Scheme
6. Feds ending 9 year boycott of Honolulu Rail payments?
7. Honolulu Board of Water Supply adopts rate hike of over 50%
8. Hawaiian Electric Tries to  Quash Subpoena of Wildfire Whistleblower
9. HECOs Fire Management Plan Bypasses Public Scrutiny
10. Expand interstate licensure compacts
11. Minimum wage to get boost: Hourly rate will rise to $14 in January under 2022 law
12. Smuggling Illegal Fireworks Thru OCCC--Jail Guard Finally Quits

1. "500 Mines Needed" to Make Green Energy Possible
2. How High Are State and Local Tax Collections in Your State?
3. Coverup: CWS Gives baby to Schizophrenic Drug Addict--Baby ‘Drowns’
4. Stats Show Hawaii Lunatics Are Very Violent
5. Homeless Drug Addicts Stab two at Makaha Beach
6. Water Board to vote on rate hike of over 50%
7. Attorneys say Miske not involved in 2016 home invasion robbery in Kaneohe
8. Aquarium fishing ban sought: Groups urge DLNR to draft new rules

1. Will history someday record an 'economic miracle' for Lahaina?
2. Medical certificate-of-need laws have little to do with actual need
3. 'Upzoning' to address need for homes on Maui
4. VIDEO: Innovative Housing Policies
5. Wholesaling:  What You Don’t Know
6. Latest plan for Ala Wai flood control boondoggle reaches $1B
7. Top Leadership Of Hawaii School System Continues To Grow — And So Does Their Pay
8. Isles’ road to president election starts with parties
9. Editorial: State’s budget priorities: Maui, and much more
10. Ethics: Legislators Could Change Their Own Rules--But Don’t
11. Will Hawaii Ethics Commission Increase Oversight Of Judges?

1. Public comment open on Ala Wai Flood Risk Management Study
2. UH Assessing Hawaiʻi’s Geothermal Potential
3. Pinata: Unions Grab for $80M leftover COVID funds
4. Near-fatal stabbing just the latest in a string of homeless drug addicts’ crimes at Kapolei park
5. County of Kaua‘i aims to recoup search and rescue costs

1. Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolls Conservative Group Planning Next Trump Administration
2. After FBI Raid, CNHA Demands Hawai'i Free Press 'Cease Operations'
3. JSC seeks Nominees for Several Judicial Vacancies
4. Hawaii receives low marks for economic, personal freedom
5. For Rail to Work, All we have to do is force 85% of the public to give up their cars
6. Toxic Hysteria: Chemophobia campaign scaring Lahaina residents Away
7. Maui fire relief -- 575 families had been placed in housing
8. ‘Bad actor’ nurseries targeted by officials over little fire ant infestations

1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
2. Laughed out of Court: Libertarians Asked Federal Judge to ‘Disband Hawaii Republican Party’
3. Suuurrrprise! New Supreme Court Justice Devens Concealed his role as Carpenters Union Operative
4. Hawaii Will Be Stuck With Its Outdated Unemployment System At Least 3 More Years
5. Small chance Hawaii residents move home after fires: Gov. Green
6. Data: Thousands of Hawaii residents continue to migrate to other states
7. West Maui vacation rentals plunged in October
8. Hawaii’s law enforcement community opposes attorney general’s plan to legalize use of marijuana
9. "We Want to Get To The Root of It" | HPD shifts strategy to address sex trade in Honolulu

1. Confirmed: Union Lawyer Appointed to Supreme Court
2. BWS files $1.2 billion claim over Red Hill damages
3. DOBOR: We Knew Surf School Bidding Was Rigged
4. Hawaii Most Expensive Turkey in USA
5. Green Socks are Expensive: $40M 'Stormwater Capture System' for Lahaina
6. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
7. Alleged Miske links to North Shore gangs
8. Hawaii lobbyist wants her DEA statements suppressed
9. Critics incensed as Navy continues to pump 5M gallons of water into Halawa Stream daily
10. CNHA Behind Scheme to Seize Condotels, Boost ILWU Controlled Hotels
11. More Money for CNHA: Lawmakers Discuss Draft Report On Maui Business And Jobs Recovery
12. Maui Wildfire Lawyers Try To ‘Manage The Unmanageable’
13. Crews fixing numerous leaks at Hawaii State Capitol
14. Hawaii State Hospital records show murder suspect Tommy Carvalho posed serious threat before his discharge

1. VIDEO: Roseanne Barr Running for Governor of Hawaii?
2. Navy P-8A Poseidon Overshoots Runway, Splashes in Kaneohe Bay, Crew Safe
3. Organized Crime: Clayton Hee Cheers Hawaii Senate Panel Approval of Supreme Court Nominees
4. Disorganized Crime: West Side needs help
5. PUC is Expected to Approve HECO`s Grid Hardening Application
6. More Delaying Tactics: New Maui Office Begins Navigating The 'Complex Landscape Of Recovery'
7. Lawyer Plans to Blame Mental Health Care System for Murder of Nurse
8. Halawa Prison Electrical Problems Leave Inmates Sitting In The Dark
9. Kalakaua Avenue Bridge in ‘poor’ condition, city says
10. Farmer pleads for resolution in years-long dispute on state agricultural lands
11. High COVID hospitalizations force cancellation of all indoor programs at HVNP

1. Lassner: Why I'm staying out of Gaza dispute
2. UH enrollment up, community colleges see first increase since 2010
3. Tax relief for properties that house Lahaina residents
4. Caldwell's COVID Slush Fund: 'Follow the Money'
5. Maui can take lead in ‘Yes in God’s backyard’ housing
6. VIDEO: Super-weird vigilante vessel known as the "Jones Act Enforcer"
7. Maui rentals - there is a long list
8. 2,500 climate lawsuits: Why the Honolulu case is the one to watch
9. Red Hill Texts Show Navy Officials Worried About Groundwater Months Before Crisis
10. Red Hill fuel removal ahead of schedule, task force says
11. Maui wildfire recovery costs prompt state spending cuts
12. Spectrum Seeks To Move Lahaina Fire Case To Honolulu Court
13. Inclusion Of Special Education Students Still Eludes Hawaii Schools
14. Hawaii Island vendors scramble over Dec. 1 enforcement blitz
15. ‘It’s a huge punch in the gut’: Surf school lottery ends with three of four permits awarded to one owner
16. Liquor License Applications Backlogged by Chaos at Honolulu Liquor Commission

Maui rentals - there is a long list

1. Let's not fall for all the Aloha Stadium hype
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 18, 2023
3. The Lahaina Recovery Fund
4. Ron DeSantis on Ballot for Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
5. Evidence of Miske role in 1996 disappearance?
6. Pay hikes of more than 22% recommended for Hawaii County administrators
7. HECO Files Court Document in Response to Fire Lawsuit
8. Weak Yen: No Japanese Visitors until 2030?
9. Visitor arrivals to Maui fell nearly 60 percent in month after fires
10. Hawaii’s New State-Run Psychiatric Hospital is So Crowded Patients Sleep in Conference Rooms
11. Profitable Hysteria: New U.S. climate report has the usual dire warnings for Hawaii

1. VIDEO: Bissen open to Seizing Condotels Which Compete with Full-Service ILWU-Controlled Hotels
2. Enviros Call for Rules to Stop Invasive Bugs
3. Monsanto court victory in fight over Roundup cancer warnings
4. Waianae Meth Gang Bust: Feds Again do the Job the State cannot
5. HECO Files Financial Reports Addressing Fires & Reducing Community Involvement in Regulatory Proceedings
6. Recent embezzlement cases with light sentences raise eyebrows
7. Hawaii Attorney General backs Bill to legalize recreational marijuana
8. Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric

1. Telling Evening News Anchors What to Say: Carpenters Union Wages War Against Affordable Modular Housing on Kauai
2. Water May Run Out due to Fire-Related Power Outages
3. VIDEO: “60 Minutes” Chronicles Lahaina Fire
4. Honolulu 'Equality' Score Jumps with Transgender 'Health' Benefits
5. NRA Challenges Hawaii’s “Sensitive Places” Gun Law
6. Hawaii job count increases by 6,600 
7. Hawaii Worst State for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer 
8. Former Kauai PD Employee gets Jail for Embezzlement
9. Westside Homicides up 80% since 2022 as Gangs Hunt Informers
10. Claim: Aloha Stadium redevelopment draws competitors
11. Water to be cleared for use in more areas of Lahaina
12. Investigation continues into unattended police rifle that led to shooting in Pearl City
13. Kamehameha Schools Hawaii campus reports large internal theft to police
14. Hawaii Elections Commission Selects New Chair
15. Artificial is not Intelligent: Judge Notices Local Shysters Use Stupid AI to Write Briefs
16. HART board approves eminent domain filing for Kalihi property
17. The Fate Of The North Shore’s Airfield Is Once Again Up In The Air

1. Hawaii receives ‘F’ in Shared Hope International’s Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking
2. Waianae: Feds Arrest Six for Cockfighting, Gamerooms, Meth
3. Kula Fire CNHA News: Top Six Inches of Soil Being Ripped Away by Corps of Engineers 8a Contractors (just like California scam)
4. Rebuild? Lahaina Family Must Wait for CNHA’s 8a Corps to Get their Fill at Trough
5. CNHA’s Couch-Surfing Housing Program Promoted By Maui County Faces Hurdles
6. Miske News: ‘Defend Hawaii’ Gives $12500 to One Lahaina Survivor
7. Miske News: It could have been a simple traffic ticket
8. Suspect In Hawaii Hospital Stabbing Death Described As ‘Aggressive’
9. Suspect in fatal stabbing of nurse indicted, could he end up back at state hospital?
10. Despite Obvious Need for Larger Lunatic Asylum, Millions in Opioid Settlement Money Go Unspent
11. 100 Game Rooms Active on Oahu
12. Former Hawaii County PD Vice Chief Gets Bail
13. Hawaii Ethics Panel To Push For More Disclosure Of Lobbyists
14. Hu Honua Bioenergy Has Three Irons in the Fire

1. Pentagon Plans Transfer of Red Hill Back to Navy
2. Schatz: $20 Million For ‘Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience’
3. Predatory Landlord Practices at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
4. Democrats Taking Applications for House Dist 10 Vacancy
5. Fronting for the Contractors: CNHA Hosting Debris Removal Meeting
6. Lack of Leadership: Maui’s 911 Dispatchers Improvised During Lahaina Fire
7. In face of officer accounts, MPD chief again denies he knew about Lahaina deaths until following day
8. Land Grab: CNHA Launches Scheme to Buy up Distressed Lahaina properties
9. Executive overseeing $150M Maui Strong fund defends phased approach to disbursing aid
10. Former worker had raised safety concerns at State Hospital for years
11. Many Lunatics Escape from Hawaii State Hospital
12. Fox, Henhouse: HPD Unsurprisingly ‘clears’ SHOPO board of wrongdoing
13. Waianae Wildfire Sparked After Hawaiian Electric Line Falls In Heavy Winds
14. After nearly 2 decades, state fixes numerous leaking pipes at Dillingham Airfield

1. Felon Watch: Is Nan buying Grace Pacific from A&B?
2. Hawaii is the fourth most impacted state by retail crime in America
3. Let Lahaina Rebuild
4. Thousands of Maui property owners haven’t yet given government permission to clear debris
5. No Joke: Maui Ethics and Transparency committee cancels meeting to encourage participation at CNHA Confab
6. Maui wildfires: Who will HECO Sue? 
7. More than 800 enroll in program aimed at physician retention
8. Hawai‘i Could Fix Its Housing Crisis
9. Texas Developer Seeks $50 Million From Maui County To Build Affordable Housing
10. ‘Not Acceptable’: Why So Many Hawaii Schools Lack Fire Alarms
11. Employee fatally stabbed by discharged lunatic at state psychiatric facility
12. Pig Farmer beats Union Boss in appeals court--but Leased Piggery is Destroyed

1. Audit Exposes Caldwell’s $175M Slush Fund
2. While Lahaina Waits, One Business Quickly Allowed to Reopen
3. Gun Violence: Westside Legislators Push Back Against Grace, Fevella
4. Nan News: ‘High Likelihood’ Of More Delays In Critically Important Honolulu Rail Work
5. Lahaina: Some Parts Of HECO's New Wildfire Strategy Were Already In Play
6. Lahaina Fire Cleanup Addresses Lithium Battery Debris
7. Miske Eight Years Later: It could have been a simple traffic ticket

1. Owning in a Burn Zone
2. YIGBY law would be "dream situation" for Hawaii housing
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 11, 2023
4. Honolulu Council approves self-certification for permits
5. VIDEO: High Cost of Housing Freaks out Gigantic Baritone Cat
6. Filling Hawaii Legislature is all about connections
7. Peter Principle: Hawaii's Political Scions Rise to level of Incompetence        
8. Governor: Money For Hawaii Convention Center Roof Will Go To buy off Lahaina Plaintiffs, Maintain Old Boy Control Over HECO        
9. Maui Recovery Fund becomes Latest Excuse for Unconstitutional Tourist Fee
10. Revealed: Mistakes that blocked Maui wildfire escape routes
11. As Big Island Police Chief, Ben Moszkowicz Tries Transparency

1. Audio Reveals HECO Informing Maui PD Lahaina Power is Off
2. Personal Debt Keeps Hawaii up at Night
3. Adjusting AMI for Kauai’s affordable rental program could backfire
4. Relax rules on ‘cottage food’ entrepreneurs
5. Streamline permitting process to reduce wait times, favoritism
6. ‘CON’ laws hindering access to better Hawaii healthcare
7. MPD Chief not in Emergency Operations Center during Aug. 8 wildfires
8. Cash in on Pay for Lahaina Housing; “16 people living in one hosted family”
9. Legislature must act to fund Lahaina Fire litigation buy-out fund
10. Hawaii Seeks Medicaid Waiver to Continue Providing Housing, Utilities and Prizes for Drug Addicts

1. Musical Chairs: Green Appoints HD10 Rep Hashimoto to Senate Dist 5 Maui
2. Trap & skeet ranges at Koko Head Shooting Complex reopening this weekend
3. Mililani Fire Video: Native Trees Burn, Albizia Survives
4. Hawaii Anti-Vaxxers Jump to Whopping 6.4% of Population
5. HPD probe launched into handling of officer-involved crash that left motorcyclist injured
6. Upcountry Maui Still Waiting for 8a Corporations to Get their fill at the trough
7. ‘The era of complacency is over’: Wildfire planning agency swamped by requests for help
8. Search For Lahaina’s Missing Spurs Creation Of Cold Case Unit
9. The Power Was Out Before The Fires Started. Then Hawaiian Electric Flipped The Switch
10. First active-duty troops file federal lawsuit over fuel-tainted tap water in Hawaii
11. Latest Anti-Telescope Trick: Maunakea eyed for registers of historic places
12. Honolulu Gay Bar Steps Up Dispute With Liquor Commission
13. Trump hotel rebranding to become Wakea Waikiki Beach

1. Lahaina Fires: HECO Drops $75M to Buy Off Plaintiffs
2. 2023 Honolulu City Lights opening night set for Saturday, December 2nd
3. DOBOR Proposes Paid Parking at Ala Wai (again)
4. Inverse Condemnation and Hawaii's Wildfires
5. 17 State Coalition Against Unconstitutional Hawaii Firearm Carry Ban
6. Schatz: ‘A Lot Of People Are Going To Be Forced To Leave Maui’
7. Disaster hits Puna: "What was once the most affordable housing in the state is no longer"
8. Waikiki News: Child Molesting Pimp Sliced Open by Sword -- could have been in a nice safe jail, but, tragically, his bail was reduced

1. Hawaii Largest Household Debt Increase in USA
2. Lahaina Fires: House Working Groups recommend disaster response changes
3. 'There's no healing': Thousands of families beg for action on housing 3 months after Maui wildfires
4. ‘Everything’s on fire’: Review of body cam footage raises new questions about county’s Lahaina response
5. Green: Fire Compensation Fund Designed to Starve Lawyers of Plaintiffs
6. Rail Fail: Stalled train shuts down half of route
7. Embattled Thirty Meter Telescope project faces another hurdle amid permit debate
8. “People kept getting charged with crimes, but there were no trials”
9. Covid Funds Help Hawaii Schools Pretend to Tackle Absenteeism. What Happens When Those Are Gone?
10. Judge rules against two motions to suppress evidence in Miske case
11. Former Mililani HS athletic director gets probation for embezzlement; parents say he got off easy
12. Maui Realtor's Fire Relief Fundraiser Under Audit From AG's Office
13. Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power

1. Homeowner Politics and Housing Supply
2. USACE awards $53 million contract to Pono Aina Management for temporary elementary school construction
3. Insurance Division: Nearly $700M Paid on Maui Wildfire Claims
4. Democratic Party Selects Three Names to Send to Governor Green for Senate District 5 Vacancy
5. Special prosecutor back in Hawaii -- Which politician will he arrest next?
6. Mafia News: Sabrina Grace Claims She Was Robbed at Gunpoint in Gameroom
7. Lahaina: Damage to Water System will be Excuse to Block Rebuilding
8. Maui County Plans to Hire 3 Law Firms to Defend Itself In Fire Lawsuits
9. Online scammers target EBT recipients causing them to lose hundreds of dollars in food stamps

1. Zoom-ing in on Better Healthcare
2. Guam activists urge Ninth Circuit to revive environmental claims against Air Force
3. “Where do you think all of these people are going to go?”
4. EPA begins work on burned commercial properties in Lahaina
5. Honolulu Police Department is finally releasing officer misconduct records
6. Honolulu Planning Commission to decide another two-year extension for Waimanalo Gulch

1. Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Handling Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Calls Climate Change An ‘Existential Threat’
2. ‘Affordable housing’ making housing worse for everyone
3. VIDEO: Why is Hawaii so Expensive?
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 4, 2023
5. VIDEO: "Amend the Jones Act to revitalize U.S. waterways"
6. Queens to Buy Wahiawa Hospital
7. Crossing the Rubicon Again
8. Lahaina: How Property Rights are Chipped Down to Zero
9. Lahaina Plan Working as Intended: “18% would rather move to the continent”
10. EPA challenge: Removal of EV, solar wall batteries in Lahaina
11. State computer upgrades cause us digital migraines
12. Despite political surnames, it’s results that counts
13. Relax rules on ‘cottage food’ entrepreneurs
14. Red-light cameras still generating tickets

1. Restoring Lahaina’s Economy: Time is of the Essence
2. Oahu Judicial Vacancy -- First Circuit Court
3. DoH Hosts Healthy Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan 2030 Summit
4. Public Input Sought for City’s First Climate Adaptation Strategy
5. HECO Finally gets Around to Announcing Wildfire Safety Strategy
6. Ernie Martin bribed by North Shore Developer’s Lawfirm?
7. Moving to mainland: “To actually work to live instead of living to work is amazing"
8. Many Lahaina homeowners lack adequate insurance coverage to rebuild
9. The Deadly Maui Inferno, hour by hour
10. Guam and Hawaii are in strike range of Pacific Su-57 Squadron

1. Carpenters Union Wages War Against Affordable Modular Housing on Kauai
2. Court Blocks Parts of Honolulu ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Law
3. DoE: Chronic Absenteeism 30%--achievement still lags pre-COVID numbers
4. OHA Trustees Select New CEO
5. MPD released 20 hours of video. Only 6 minutes show key roadblocks.
6. Nepo babies cry out as Anti-Nepotism Law Kicks in:
7. PUC HECO Coverup: “Its just a matter of timing”
8. TMT work progresses: Project awaiting ‘necessary steps’ from the feds
9. Sen Brenton Awa will push to license Bumpy’s medical cannabis farm after federal raid
10. Brutal sword attack leads to lawsuit against Waikiki 7-11
11. Soft on Crime: Ocean View man, charged with attempted murder, granted supervised release
12. 3,000 Homeless Youth--100% Mentally ill or Drug Addicts
13. ACLU Plan: Flood Lahaina Burn Zone with Homeless Drug Addicts

1. Hawaii attorney general opposes opt-out option from LGBTQ+ books for 2nd graders
2. Lahaina Fires: House Working Groups Release Draft Reports
3. HIEMA Rewrites 'Hazard Mitigation Plan'
4. Maui Fires: Three bills offer property tax relief
5. Self-certification has good track record in other cities | Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
6. SD5 Election Set to Replace Gil Keith-Aragan
7. State Supreme Court Justice: ‘Big Oil’ Climate Change Trial is about ‘White Men’, Misogyny, Racism  
8. Venue Shopping: Why Hawaii became a hotbed of legal activism to target ‘Big Oil’
9. Maui County to Ban Single Family Homes?
10. Lahaina Fire communication failures appear to have been due to an apparent lack of listening in on dispatchers
11. Lahaina Fires: Anti-PLDC Protester because part of the Establishment
12. Rail Runs from Arid Field to Shuttered Stadium
13. Hawaiian Tel Replaces HECO on Honolulu Police Commission
14. Prosecutors detail evidence ahead of trial for 4 HPD officers accused of causing near-fatal crash
15. Maui Affordable Rentals: $3464/mo 
16. As Maui reopens, Hawaii's leading banks brace for post-fire challenges
17. Airline Pilot News: Hawaii looking at expanding psychedelic therapies
18. Soft on Crime: Judge Vacates Life Sentence for N Shore Murderer

1. DoH Survey: Housing Among Lahaina Top recovery needs 
2. Hawaii couple found guilty of stealing identities of dead babies
3. Maui emergency response officials ignored advice, turned down state help in early hours of disaster
4. Maui fire survivors beg officials to help them secure long-term housing
5. Test Scores Show Slow Progress For Hawaii Students
6. HOOSER: Yes, in my backyard!
7. Molokai Loses Food Stamp Waiver -  Unemployment Drops Sharply
8. Kalaeloa Home Lands Solar Terminated by HECO
9. Jewish temple in Nuuanu beefs up security