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Capitol Connection

The “wow” factor is just the beginning when you step through the doors of the new Academy of Creative Media facility at UH West O‘ahu. The state-of-the-art, $37 million building ...
Read More New ACM facility ready for debut

What if you could find work anywhere in the world and still live in Hawai‘i? A statewide program to help unemployed residents do just that has been launched, with more ...
Read More Connecting to jobs through Hawai‘i Remote Work

“We do not need magic to transform our world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”  — J.K. Rowling Every year when the world celebrates International Women’s ...
Read More Celebrating the contributions of women worldwide

COVID-19 case counts are down. Vaccinations are up. And every day is moving us closer to a “new normal.” But the new Hawai‘i needs to be stronger and better than before, ...
Read More Lessons from the pandemic for a Hawai‘i 2.0 future

COVID-19 variants or not, lucky you live Hawai‘i. That seems to be the consensus among state health officials keeping tabs on vaccine distribution, virus case counts and public attitudes toward ...
Read More Taking our best shot to fight COVID-19

Good news for unemployed folks awaiting additional benefits approved by Congress in December. System updates for the extended Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program by the Department of Labor and ...
Read More Help is on the way for unemployment, rent relief

Masks are cool, America. Just ask the Warner Bros. superheroes featured in the latest public service announcement on TV and social media. From Wonder Woman to Aquaman (thank you, Jason ...
Read More Be a hero. Wear a mask.

How do you get buy-in from the entire state to make change happen?  Part of the answer, Governor Ige said in his State of the State address, is to enlist ...
Read More Setting the future in motion with Hawai‘i 2.0

It would be an understatement to say COVID-19 has changed everything — from work to school to travel to family bubbles. Who knew we would be online nearly 24/7, navigating ...
Read More The Broadband Hui: Bridging the digital divide

If we’ve learned anything in the pandemic, it’s that access to broadband — that digital superhighway — affects everyone. So how do we help people work or learn from home? ...
Read More Helping more people access the digital highway