Affordable housing and homelessness. Education, the economy and the environment. All of Governor Ige’s top priorities for budget funding received support in the 2018 legislative session. “We have alignment on ...
Read More Governor’s state priorities win 2018 legislative support
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The numbers are encouraging, the tents are fewer, and yes, there’s still plenty of work to be done. Those closest to the challenge know that’s the human reality of homelessness. ...
Read More Homelessness survey shows coordinated efforts paying off
Three years ago, Governor Ige appointed Scott Morishige to be the state homelessness coordinator at a time when the Kaka‘ako encampment was at its largest, a legislator had been assaulted ...
Read More Housing strategies get results for homelessness
First it was devastating floods on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu. Then the 6.9 earthquake and Kīlauea eruption on Hawai‘i island, with red-hot lava and toxic fumes threatening residents in Lower Puna. ...
Read More Governor moves decisively on disaster response
Music soared through the Capitol rotunda May 18 as hundreds of civic leaders and ordinary citizens paid tribute to the beloved late U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka. The ceremonies began with ...
Read More A moving ‘Celebration of Life’ for Senator Daniel Akaka
The everyday heroes who provide the services Hawai‘i’s citizens have come to expect — and who work to make things better for all of us — were honored at the ...
Read More Outstanding state employees honored for public service
From the governor: Urgency into action for Hawai’i’s future As the only island state in the nation, Hawai‘i is already feeling the impact of climate change. It’s part of our ...
Read More From the governor: Urgency into action for Hawai’i’s future
From Hāʻena, Wainiha and Kōloa on Kaua‘i to Waimānalo and Niu Valley on O‘ahu, the scenes are devastating: flooded homes, businesses and farmlands, knee-deep mud and floating debris everywhere. In ...
Read More Governor, state mobilize recovery efforts after storm
More extreme high tides and record high levels of flooding. . . eroding shorelines, coral bleaching and threatened watersheds and native forests. The Ige administration is taking climate change seriously. ...
Read More Rising tides: Call to action in statewide climate report
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, mentally capable, terminally ill people with six months or less to live will have the option to take prescription medication that enables them to die peacefully ...
Read More Governor signs historic ‘Our Care, Our Choice’ legislation