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EDUCATION – GEER FUND
On April 22, 2020, Hawaii was awarded $9,993,387 in federal funding from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund as part of the CARES Act. Governor Ige convened the GEER Advisory Group of education leaders from Hawai’i’s public, private, and charter schools to address the unprecedented needs that emerged due to the pandemic.
The Road To Home
To provide housing for Hawai‘i over the next several years, the state housing agencies will continue to leverage state funds and reduce regulatory barriers to increase the inventory of affordable housing.
Preserving our ʻĀina
The Sustainable Hawai‘i Initiative focuses on protecting our waters, preserving our land and increasing food production for our communities.
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ABOUT THE GOVERNOR
David Ige
Governor David Y. Ige was sworn in as the eighth governor of the State of Hawai‘i on December 1, 2014. He became the fourth native-born Governor of Hawai‘i and first governor in the United States of America of Okinawan descent.
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A $130,000 innovation grant supported the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing's creation of a telehealth training toolkit that is culturally appropriate, immersive, and experiential for healthcare providers and students, so they can provide high-quality team-based healthcare. ![]()
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Back in 1987 as a first-term legislator, I worked with newly elected Gov. John Waihee to establish one of the first public Hawaiian immersion programs at Waiau Elementary in Pearl City. ![]()
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People were saying to save the culture, we also had to save the language from the brink of extinction with only 100 native speakers. Now ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i is spoken by thousands of people around the world and is an official language of Hawai‘i.
Timeline photosUPCOMING LIVESTREAM: Tune into the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Facebook page at 10:30 a.m. today for a Q&A with Governor David Ige. Join the Facebook livestream to ask your questions. ![]()
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Despite ongoing efforts, the axis deer population has grown to approximately 60,000 or more, which cannot be sustained by the environment on Maui. The large number of deer has devastated pasture forage and vegetation that are already scarce because of continuing drought conditions. Today I signed a fourth proclamation, establishing another emergency relief period for the axis deer crisis in Maui County.![]()
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The emergency relief period has been declared to enable the state and county to continue taking measures to reduce and control axis deer populations and to implement management strategies.![]()
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HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige issued a fourth proclamation, establishing another emergency relief period for the axis deer crisis in Maui County. Despite ongoing efforts, the axis deer population has gr...Latest Photos
