This year’s winner of the $25,000 Milken Educator Award actually helped plan her own Feb. 5 school assembly — without realizing it was all for her. Governor Ige had the ...
Read More Hawai’i’s Milken winner one of only 33 nationwide
Capitol Connection
The deadline to file federal 2018 tax returns is April 15, 2019. State income tax returns are due April 22. Here are a few tips from the state tax department ...
Read More Tax filing tips from DoTax
Building a better Hawai’i for generations to come Excerpts of the Governor’s 2019 State of the State Address “The future has a name, and it is the name of ...
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Hawai‘i is once again ranked the healthiest state in the nation. Our unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country. Our visitor industry is moving toward another record-setting year, ...
Read More ‘The state of the State of Hawai’i is sound’
In 2023, Alekah will be ready for preschool. But will a preschool be available and ready for her? Research tells us that early childhood education, such as preschool programs, are ...
Read More A new system of public preschools
On islands where land is scarce and the cost of living high, providing affordable homes for our families has been one of the most challenging aspects of caring and looking ...
Read More New approaches to affordable housing, homelessness
In addition to controlling and directing growth, planned development allows us to accommodate other priorities as well. Our future requires that over time we, as a state, acquire and preserve ...
Read More Protecting the ‘āina for future generations
In addition to preserving important conservation and agricultural lands, under the Sustainable Hawai‘i Initiative, we have established strong guidelines to protect our watershed forests, better manage our oceans, strengthen invasive ...
Read More Partnering and taking the lead for a Sustainable Hawai’i