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Hawai‘i ranked No. 1 in the nation for health care, said a U.S. News and World Report analysis — thanks in part to what the magazine called “a four-decade jump ...
Read More Hawai’i ranked No. 1 for health care

A Kaua‘i solar farm project that uses Tesla batteries to store enough power to serve 4,500 homes during peak night hours is helping the state reach its goal of having 100 ...
Read More Harnessing the sun: KIUC project called first in nation

“Our natural world is a gift with limits. We must carefully steward this gift if we are to survive together.”  — Governor David Y. Ige Clean drinking water seems as simple ...
Read More Creating a Sustainable Hawai’i begins with all of us

What does it take to fight invasive species? Often it means an army of ordinary citizens, working hand in hand with government, attacking one bug, one weed at a time. ...
Read More Progress statewide: ‘Invasive Species Heroes’ honored

At the recent NGA conference, Governor Ige was the first state governor to attend a meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. “We have to take bold, meaningful action ...
Read More Coral reefs under stress: Solutions and how you can help

Our Hawai‘i — like nowhere else on Earth. We say it and live it every day. We’re the most diverse, the healthiest state, but we still have a host of ...
Read More From the Governor: Protecting what’s special about Hawai’i

School empowerment and innovation aren’t just buzzwords. They’re part of Gov. David Ige’s long-held belief that our school system needs to direct more resources to those closest to the students. ...
Read More ‘Education is at the heart of our future,’ says governor

The national Milken Educator Awards have been called “the Oscars of education” and come with a $25,000 cash prize. But this year’s winners say the real reward happens every day ...
Read More Two Hawai’i teachers honored with Milken awards

Early College is an innovation that works. That seems to be the takeaway, based on success stories, data points and, most of all, the heartfelt words of the students in ...
Read More Early College provides head start on college degrees

Empowerment and innovation go hand in hand. Just ask Waipahu High School’s student Early College “Olympians” who are on their way to college degrees. Or the Milken award-winning teachers who ...
Read More Empowerment and innovation: The future starts here