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Office of the Governor Press Releases

HONOLULU — At the direction of the President of the United States, the United States flag and the Hawai‘i state flag will be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FLAG ORDER: Flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Shimon Peres, former president and prime minister of Israel

WHAT: Hawai‘i Annual Code Challenge (HACC) – Judging and Awards Ceremony Hawai‘i state government’s first hackathon-inspired event, the HACC aims to engage the local tech community in modernizing how the ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY: Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC) — Judging and Awards Ceremony

  HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige today toured Maui’s Iao Stream area, which suffered severe damage during last week’s storm. The governor was joined by Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, State ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor to request Presidential Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance after surveying storm damage at Maui’s Iao Stream

WHAT: News conference on Gov. Ige’s tour of storm damage areas at Iao Stream on Maui. This tour follows initial damage assessments of the disaster area by the Hawai‘i National ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY: News Conference on Gov. Ige’s tour of storm damage areas at Iao Stream on Maui

What: The Office of the Governor is hosting a Wastewater Forum for the West Hawai‘i community to learn about the nuts and bolts of wastewater from a panel of state ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY: Wastewater Forum for the West Hawaii community on Thurs., 9/22 from 6 – 8 pm

Hawaii 3R’s and DOE Facilities Maintenance fund effort HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige led a team of about 180 volunteers in a heat-abatement service project at James Campbell High School ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige and team of volunteers help cool two West O‘ahu schools

  HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige signed an emergency proclamation in the wake of heavy rains and flooding that caused extensive damage throughout the state especially the counties of Maui ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor signs emergency proclamation following recent storms

HONOLULU –  Gov. David Ige announced today that more than 400 homeless individuals will be served over the next two years through the state’s new Family Assessment Center.  The Family ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige announces completion of the Family Assessment Center

WHAT:  Dedication of the newly completed Family Assessment Center Announcement of the homeless program service provider Timeline to for families to move into the site WHERE:        Family Assessment Center in ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY: Blessing of Family Assessment Center in Kakaako on 9/16/16 @ 10:30am

HONOLULU – Governor Ige announced today that both Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s upgraded the State of Hawai‘i’s general obligation (G.O.) credit rating to its highest ever bond ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: State receives two rating upgrades to its general obligation bond rating to Aa1 and AA+