So what does it take to build more affordable housing for Hawai‘i? By several accounts, it’s taken a governor sitting down with developers, affordable housing advocates and state housing agency ...
Read More Beyond a field of dreams: Making affordables real
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Governor Ige, Department of Health (DOH) officials and area legislators broke ground last month for a long-awaited 144-bed psychiatric facility at Hawai‘i State Hospital for forensic patients sent there by ...
Read More Breaking ground for mental health
Hawai‘i island residents and thousands of visitors to the Kona coast have reason to celebrate with the dedication of the newly widened stretch of Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway — a project ...
Read More Long-awaited Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway celebrated
New Wi-Fi hotspots — from Moloka‘i’s remote Kalaupapa area to bus stops and community gathering places — are now available on Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i and O‘ahu, with Hawai‘i island locations ...
Read More New Wi-Fi hotspots available
Sustainability for our islands means a host of things: protecting our people and our environment, providing living wage jobs and affordable housing, and producing more of our own food with ...
Read More From the governor: What it will take to sustain Hawai’i
With the stroke of a pen, Governor Ige made Hawai‘i the first place in the world to ban the sale of sunscreens with the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate, effective Jan. ...
Read More Hawai’i becomes first to ban reef-damaging sunscreens
Bill signings may look like just ceremonial photo ops, but they represent the culmination of a long legislative process to provide meaningful change for the community. Governor Ige reviewed 228 ...
Read More Bill signing: New laws from the hard work of many
Persistence and determination at every level — from emergency response teams who went door-to-door to government officials who wouldn’t give up — paid off in getting federal aid to Kaua‘i ...
Read More FEMA individual aid approved
“Farm to table” sounds fresh and appealing — like going to your nearest farmer’s market — but how many of us really know the hard work it takes to grow ...
Read More Finding the game-changers for local food production
The Ige administration is ramping up the state’s efforts to provide more housing for low-and moderate-income families. “Our goal is to create as many affordable units as possible — especially ...
Read More Governor acts to preserve, create more affordable housing