In Hawaiʻi, the biggest expense for working families is housing, whether it’s rent or mortgage payments. The spiraling cost of homes is driven by two forces: the high cost of ...
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Building homes is not just about building houses, but also about nurturing communities. From the start of this administration, working with the legislature and the private sector, we have made ...
Read More Hope for homelessness: One family’s story
Perhaps the longest transition we have experienced recently has been the transformation of our agricultural industry from large-scale farming to more diversified farms. But there is one important difference in ...
Read More Agriculture and self-sufficiency: Sensei Farms, Mahi Pono
How do we sustain our economy, our lifestyle and our natural environment? We do it first by developing clean energy sources. With a flurry of commercial solar projects in the ...
Read More Hawai’i leading the way on clean energy
In 2019, the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority shifted its priorities from increasing visitor arrivals to improving the visitor experience, while supporting the quality of life for residents. Through HTA’s Aloha ʻĀina ...
Read More Sustaining our economy and culture
There is a new danger threatening the ʻāina, and it comes from climate change. No one need tell us how global warming is directly impacting our lives . . .Recently, ...
Read More A new urgency for the ‘āina: climate change
Learn more about the state’s department directors and deputies who will be handling the challenges facing Hawai’i. Please go to https://governorige.hawaii.gov/about/team/the-governors-cabinet/ (Senate confirmation for directors of Budget and Finance, Defense, ...
Read More Governor’s team ready to move into new decade
“Sustainability, in its broadest sense, touches every aspect of our lives. It’s housing, jobs, education, the environment and our people’s well-being. I believe if we work together as a community ...
Read More A Sustainable Hawai’i: What it means for us
Restored vital routes hit by natural disasters – The state Department of Transportation completed major repairs to keep people on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu safe from future flooding and rockfalls. On ...
Read More Investing in infrastructure for the future
UH system developing workforce in high-demand areas – From health care to cybersecurity, the 10 UH campuses are training people for the state’s greatest needs. UH Mānoa students’ on-time graduation ...
Read More Education, jobs for an innovation economy