Entries for November 2025

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... some health insurance programs don’t cover general excise tax that we in Hawaii impose on health care charges ....

"... Kahele ... retained new outside Board counsel (Paul Alston) without consultation, approval, or notice to the Board ...."

... is Honolulu’s building permit process so broken that fast-moving approvals are automatically suspicious? ....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice have teamed up with the Rice Street Business Association....

... We expect to cancel roughly 36-40 flights each day through Sunday, Nov. 9 ....

... HDOT will invest approximately $360 million in multimodal projects over the next 10 years ....

“Kekoa tried the same game here some two or three years ago.”

... OHA estimates nearly 14,000 Native Hawaiian beneficiaries may qualify for the $350 direct payment to help meet food costs .... 

... OHA C-suite officers could be subject to criminal sanctions ....

... and increasing ...

"Hawaii’s right to bring such litigation, he noted, has been threatened by the federal government's attempts to block such litigation."

... keeping up with myriad government actions is challenging ....

... The case of Pinales v. Lopez now challenges this unprecedented infringement ....

...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....

...the Department of Education issued a rule that threatened to remove eligibility for student loan forgiveness to anyone who works for someone with “a substantial illegal purpose.”....

... Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) is launching an outreach and education initiative to encourage voluntary compliance among hemp retailers and distributors, including online and out-of-state businesses ....

... monitoring to reliably detect whales up to three nautical miles away, day or night ....

... Across Hawaiʻi, many lands remain unused ....

... need volunteers for more than 30 panels, including Liquor Control Commission, Maui Planning Commission, Police Commission, Salary Commission, Urban Design Review Board, Fire and Public Safety Commission and others ....

... applications for the Kahului residency area seat must be received by the County Clerk no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, November 10, 2025 ....

... Campbell was previously convicted of burglary in the first degree in 2001 and has six prior felony convictions in the State of Hawaii ....

... having clear standards and not a bunch of hoops to jump through ....

... to revolutionize how Hawaii residents communicate with legislators ....

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is proposing Legislators again hike the Transient Accommodations Tax ....

... the Jones Act goblin, the budget banshee and the grasping rail ....

... votes cast in Congress ....

... since 2023 both trans and queer identification have dropped sharply within Generation Z ....