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Governor also meeting with federal officials on affordable housing, transportation, tourism Honolulu — Gov. David Ige is in Washington, D.C. where he will join other elected officials and business leaders ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige in D.C. to speak about Hawai‘i’s renewable energy efforts at Washington Post forum

Honolulu – Gov. David Ige signed the historic tobacco legislation, Senate Bill 1030 (Act 122) into law Friday, June 19. When enacted on January 1, 2016, Act 122 will make ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige signs historic smoking measure

Honolulu – Gov. David Ige today signed into law Senate Bill 181 (Act 124) which grants high school diplomas to veterans of the armed forces who were not able to ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige signs bill extending program that grants high school diplomas to veterans

What:            Debrief of Governor’s trip to Japan                         and  Bill signing ceremony for the following: SB 1030 – increases the minimum age for the sale, purchase and possession of ...
Read More MEDIA ADVISORY: Bill signings

The recent mass harvesting of sea cucumbers from near shore waters in Hawaii is prompting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to request emergency actions to prevent the depletion ...
Read More DLNR MEDIA ADVISORY: OVERHARVESTING OF SEA CUCUMBERS

Honolulu – Gov. David Ige met with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, June 15 (Tuesday, June 16 in Japan), his first day of meetings in Tokyo, Japan. Gov. ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige meets with Japan Prime Minister Abe, corporations, in effort to boost economic development in Hawai‘i

HONOLULU — State Chief Information Officer (CIO) Todd Nacapuy today issued the following statement in recognition of eHawaii.gov being named “Best in Class” winner in the Interactive Media Awards’ government ...
Read More OIMT NEWS RELEASE: State CIO Congratulates eHawaii.gov Team on Latest National Honor

Honolulu – Gov. David Ige is meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan, travel industry partners, corporations and businesses today, his first full day in Tokyo, Japan. The governor is ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige begins first round of meetings in Tokyo

HONOLULU– The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of a planned traffic signal outage at the intersection of Lumiaina Street and Kamehameha Highway on Tuesday, June 16, from ...
Read More DOT NEWS RELEASE: PLANNED TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUTAGE AT LUMIAINA STREET-KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY INTERSECTION

HONOLULU – The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of State Parks will close the upper Makapu’u lookout and adjacent areas starting June 17, 2015.  The lower lookout ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: PROJECT UPDATE: DLNR TO CLOSE THE SUMMIT LOOKOUT AREA FOR CONTINUED REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAKAPU‘U POINT LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL (ROAD)