For some of us, “high tech” sounds like something nerdy people do while the rest of us just try to survive with the same old, whatever we’ve always done routine. ...
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When you have to process paperwork from more than 700,000 income tax filers, even the smallest details matter. So what can people do to expedite their returns? The advice from ...
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One national study predicts that 70 percent of Hawai‘i’s jobs will require some postsecondary education by 2020. I believe education reform in Hawai‘i starts with changing the current top-down bureaucracy ...
Read More Transforming education for the 21st century
Innovation means developing new clean energy technologies that will create engineering and other high-paying jobs while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and protecting the ‘āina. Innovation means remaining on ...
Read More Reshaping our economy through innovation
Self-sufficiency expanded through agriculture We have a goal to double local food production by 2020 with the purchase of farm lands, programs that support local farmers, incentives to grow organic, ...
Read More Growing a strong economy: Now and for the future
Protecting Hawai‘i’s environment and cultural resources Last September at the World Conservation Congress, we unveiled our Sustainable Hawai‘i Initiative to protect our watershed forests, better manage our oceans, double our ...
Read More Protecting our natural and cultural resources
To date, we’ve produced a total of 1,050 units in the past two years with over 4,000 more in the pipeline, 80 percent of which will be rentals. To build ...
Read More Taking action on affordable housing and homelessness
Three years ago, we set out to make government more efficient, effective and accountable to the people. One of the more exciting ways we’re doing this is through a program ...
Read More Making government work for the people
HONOLULU – Governor David Ige today delivered his first State of the State address. The governor’s remarks focused on building a strong foundation for our island home. He called for ...
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