“Some compare fighting a pandemic to fighting a global war. . . . What I do know is that we cannot go wrong in following their example in the face ...
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past few months, it’s that no one has all the answers to fight COVID-19. That means we’re all part of the solution ...
Read More The governor’s call to action: ‘We’re not pau yet’
The recent surge in COVID-19 cases on O‘ahu has resulted in a new two-week stay-at-home order, combined with an aggressive campaign for widespread testing, contact tracing, quarantining and isolation. The ...
Read More Surge testing and new restrictions to curb COVID-19
Fighting the pandemic is taking a new turn in Hawai‘i with a newly hired director of Disease Investigation, an expanded corps of investigators and contact tracers and a bigger workspace ...
Read More Ramping up Hawaii’s corps of ‘disease detectives”
Gov. David Ige and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) Acting Director Anne Eustaquio have announced that Hawaiʻi has been approved to participate in a new unemployment insurance plus up program called the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program. The ...
Read More Hawaiʻi approved for new unemployment bonus program
A 34-year-old single mom. A 45-year-old construction worker. This is Hawai‘i’s face of COVID-19 — a disease as insidious as it is deadly — infecting people of all ages, not ...
Read More The human cost of COVID-19 hits home in Hawaiʻi
If you need crisis support, including help with COVID-19 isolation and quarantine, access to mental health resources and substance use treatment, Hawai‘i CARES is just a call away. The newly ...
Read More State offers ‘one-stop’ crisis hotline
After an impressive 21-year career at the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS), director Pankaj Bhanot announced he was leaving his position Aug. 31 for health and family reasons. “I ...
Read More DHS’s Bhanot steps down; Betts named new director
Looking for a way to make a difference? The governor’s office is seeking qualified volunteers to fill vacancies on boards and commissions statewide. “Their service is critical for input to ...
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