David Y. Ige

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will open the Consolidated Rent-A-Car (Conrac) facility at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Beginning at 4 a.m., passengers can take a short walk from Terminal 2 baggage claim or catch a consolidated shuttle to access multiple car rental services. Alamo ...
Read More DOT News Release: CONSOLIDATED RENT-A-CAR FACILITY OPENS AT HNL DEC. 1

HONOLULU – The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and the state Boards and Commissions released a summary of disciplinary actions through the month of October 2021 taken on individuals and entities with professional and vocational licenses in Hawaii. These disciplinary actions include dispositions based upon either the results of contested case hearings ...
Read More DCCA News Release: DCCA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

HONOLULU – After more than three decades of service, Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF) Warden Scott Harrington and Kauai Community Correctional Center (KCCC) Warden Neal Wagatsuma announced earlier this month that they would be retiring. Both are officially retired, effective at close of business today (November 30, 2021). Outgoing KCCC Warden Wagatsuma has been with the ...
Read More PSD News Release: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WISHES HAPPY RETIREMENT TO HALAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND KAUAI COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER WARDENS

HONOLULU – COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted in the state prisons and jails as well as in the contracted Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ. The latest testing updates received for other correctional facilities are as follows: Oahu Community Correctional Center – 67 negative inmate results. Maui Community Correctional Center – Nine (9) negative inmate ...
Read More PSD News Release: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COVID-19 UPDATE

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is adopting stronger guidelines from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on COVID-19 booster vaccinations. Effective immediately, all adults age 18 and older who completed their primary mRNA vaccinations of Pfizer or Moderna at least six months ago should receive a single COVID-19 booster dose. ...
Read More DOH News Release: Hawai‘i Department of Health recommends all vaccinated adults receive a booster

HONOLULU — As a mark of respect for the late former Mayor Eileen R. Anderson, Gov. David Ige has ordered that the flags of the United States and State of Hawai‘i shall be flown at half-staff at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaii National Guard, from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, ...
Read More Office of the Governor News Release: Flags to fly at half-staff in honor of former Honolulu Mayor Eileen R. Anderson

HONOLULU – The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released its fourth quarter 2021 Statistical and Economic Report today. DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.9 percent, up from the 2.7 percent projected in August year-to-date this year. The higher projected growth follows recently revised and higher economic growth estimates ...
Read More DBEDT News Release: STATE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE BETTER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED

If Hawai‘i is going to survive climate change, it will be up to us and future generations to lead the way. Much of the work falls to the state’s natural resource specialists who sometimes risk their own lives to protect “the rarest of the rare” native species. From hiking Maunakea’s frigid slopes and rappelling Waimea ...
Read More Protecting Hawai‘i – from the mountains to the sea

HONOLULU – The state recently completed the implementation of a new electronic time and leave system that creates greater accuracy and efficiency in its payroll process. About 13,000 employees in the Executive and Legislative branches, and the Office of the Hawaiian Affairs are using the new system. Over 90,000 electronic leave records now flow through ...
Read More ETS News Release: New Time and Leave System Completed