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Hale Kalele, an affordable housing project on Piikoi Street, is accepting applications through April 1 for a lottery later that month. The 20-story building will have 200 units with monthly ...
Read More Apply now for Hale Kalele

As a little girl, First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige remembers passing the big white house on Beretania Street, wondering what was inside. “To have the opportunity to actually live on the ...
Read More Celebrating 175th anniversary of Washington Place

Excerpts of the governor’s 2022 State of the State Address (to see the speech, go to https://fb.watch/aMfo3Kx1w9/) We’ve endured tremendous hardship over the last two years. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve ...
Read More A belief in Hawai‘i, its people and purpose

I believe everything begins with keeping us healthy and safe. Over the last seven years, we focused on modernizing our telehealth infrastructure, providing health services to underserved populations, and strengthening ...
Read More Protecting our health with expanded training, facilities

While we work to maintain our health, we must also strengthen our communities. To do that, we must first help our struggling families—to malama pono, make things right for them. ...
Read More Strengthening the community with jobs, housing, $$

No community can be strong without taking care of their keiki—our future. Empowering our schools and enriching Hawaiʻi’s community of lifelong learners have always been among our top priorities. That’s ...
Read More Reinventing education – now and for the future

The real balancing act during the pandemic has been between the economy and our health. The fact is that keeping us safe—and making Hawai‘i a safe place to visit—is an ...
Read More Balancing community health and economic recovery

We cannot be a strong state without protecting the resources upon which we depend. That is also a part of being pono and making things right. At the heart of ...
Read More Protecting the ‘āina and fighting climate change

In the first year of the pandemic, we were forced to cut over a billion dollars from the budget, with every state agency scrambling to find new ways to continue ...
Read More A positive outlook, a chance for new initiatives

There’s a popular local saying: “Keep the country country.” In an era that is propelling us through unprecedented changes and challenges, how do you keep Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i? How do you ...
Read More ‘It’s our deep-seated belief that we’re part of a greater ‘ohana’