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The Hilo Benioff Medical Center has commenced construction of its expansion project that will include a new 19-bed Intensive Care Unit and 36 additional hospital beds. This $80 million project, ...
Read More Hilo Benioff Medical Center Breaks Ground on Million Hospital Expansion Project

In April, my administration continued to make strides toward expanding health care, providing housing for our Maui ‘ohana, and protecting our environment. We celebrated the groundbreaking for the expansion of ...
Read More Ke Ala Hou, A New Path Forward May 2024 Governor’s Message

Residences for Graduate Students The University of Hawai‘i is just about a year away from completing its second successful Public-Private-Partnership (P3) to build modern student housing facilities on the UH ...
Read More UH Addressing Student Housing Needs With Successful P3s

The Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation’s (HHFDC) Board of Directors awarded developers ‘Ikenakea Dev­elopment LLC and The Michaels Organization, both a 75-year lease in early March to master plan ...
Read More HHFDC Selects Master Planners for Kapolei Affordable Housing Project

As people in Hawai‘i awoke and got ready for work and school on April 1, 1946, an unwelcome visitor barreled its way toward the islands, triggered by a massive overnight ...
Read More Awareness, Education and Action is the Focus of Tsunami Awareness Month

Blaise Babineck With the help of the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) Early College Program, two teachers returned to their alma maters, becoming the youngest full-time teachers in HIDOE ...
Read More Meet Two of HIDOE’s Youngest Teachers!

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), as represented by the Department of the Attorney General, prevailed in a lawsuit challenging a project utilizing the Incompatible Insect Technique—which uses ...
Read More A Court Victory For Endangered Forest Birds

We have made great progress toward the recovery of Maui in March. The One ‘Ohana Fund is now accepting applications from survivors who lost loved ones and those who were ...
Read More Ke Ala Hou, A New Path Forward Governor’s Message April 2024

GOVERNOR GREEN UNVEILS 2024 POLICY REPORT FOR THE HAWAI‘I WE DESERVE Governor Josh Green, M.D. has released The Hawai‘i We Deserve policy report to Hawai‘i’s people, a comprehensive outline of the Green Administration’s plans ...
Read More Gov. Green Unveils 2024 Policy Report for ʻThe Hawaiʻi We Deserveʻ