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Office of the Governor Press Releases

PLEASE NOTE: Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. — KAUMUALII HIGHWAY — 1) OMAO (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK) 24-hour lane shifts on ...
Read More KAUAI LANE CLOSURES FOR THE WEEKEND OF DEC. 15 – DEC. 17

LINK to photos: Airport Viaduct Cleanup Photos HONOLULU – The massive cleanup of the area under the Nimitz Highway viaduct is complete. The multi-agency effort stretched from the Moanalua Bridge ...
Read More Governor’s Office News Release: Multi-agency cleanup of Nimitz Highway Viaduct completed

It is great news that October’s unemployment rate of 2.2 percent is the lowest on record. This is partly a reflection of robust visitor numbers thanks to increased flights to ...
Read More Governor’s statement on October’s unemployment rate

MEDIA ADVISORY November 13, 2017 WHAT: News Conference – Gov. Ige proclaims Apprenticeship Hawaii Week as Hawaii adds twenty-one new registered apprenticeship programs in non-traditional areas including optometry, culinary, pharmacy, ...
Read More DLIR Media Advisory: Gov. Ige proclaims Apprenticeship Hawaii Week

For Immediate Release Nov. 9, 2017 “I want to thank Island Air for its decades of service to our communities. For 37 years the company and its employees have played ...
Read More Governor Ige comments on announcement that Island Air will cease service

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) and identified ...
Read More Governor’s Office News Release: Governor Ige announces that Animal Quarantine Station preferred location for new Oʻahu Community Correctional Center

WHAT: News Conference – Gov. Ige will announce the preferred location for the new Oʻahu Community Correctional Center as identified in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement WHO: Governor David Ige ...
Read More Governor’s Office Media Advisory: News Conf on 11/8 at Noon to announce the preferred location for the new OCCC

HONOLULU – At the direction of the President of the United States, Gov. David Ige has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawai‘i state flag will be flown ...
Read More Governor’s Office News Release: Flags to be lowered in honor of victims of Sutherland Springs, Texas mass shooting

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige today announced three appointments to the First Circuit Court (Island of Oʻahu) as follows:   Rowena A. Somerville – 50, Attorney, Hearings Officer, Department of ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige appoints three First Circuit Court (Island of O‘ahu) judges

Link to photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/govhawaii/sets/72157662158916278/   HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige, cabinet members, state employees and representatives from the royal societies celebrated today the re-dedication of the Princess Victoria Kamāmalu Building ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige celebrates re-dedication of the Princess Victoria Kamāmalu Building