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
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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
Down-to-earth . . . a good listener . . . inspiring. Those are some of the impressions Hawai‘i’s First Lady, Dawn Amano-Ige, has of Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. ...
Read More Connecting to the White House and Kekaha, Kaua‘i
Hawai‘i residents are being urged to download a free notification app to their smartphones to help control the spread of COVID-19. The app is intended to support the state Department ...
Read More DOH launches AlohaSafe to slow COVID-19 spread
“The key to reviving our economy remains tied to the health of our community.” Twelve months ago, we met in the House Chambers planning for what we thought would be ...
Read More Hope for Hawai‘i and the road ahead
Alofa Nua ran a small tire shop on O‘ahu with his wife Tanya, working seven days a week. He was young, healthy and full of life. Last March, he began ...
Read More A story of survival and healthcare heroes
It was a year that changed life as we knew it. Most significantly, it was a time when we lost so many—family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors—all precious and irreplaceable. ...
Read More Hawai‘i meets the public health challenge