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The Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority (HPHA) and Highridge Costa Development Company have received approval from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting to move forward with ...
Read More Mayor Wright Homes Redevelopment Approved

On February 20, Governor Josh Green, M.D., signed an executive order declaring Hawai‘i a trauma-informed state. Becoming a trauma-informed state will help alleviate some of the impacts of trauma, and ...
Read More OWR’s Mission to Make Hawai‘i a Trauma-Informed State

In the middle of February, the Green Administration part­nered with HomeAid Hawai‘i, Project Vision Hawai‘i (PVH), and the Hawai‘i Health and Harm Reduction Center (H3RC) to open the state’s second ...
Read More Celebrating the Opening of Two New Kauhale – Ka Malu Ko‘olau & Ho‘okahi Leo

February 8 marked the six-month anni­versary of the Maui wildfires. As we continue to work towards recovery, I was able to visit the island again and witness firsthand the efforts ...
Read More Ke Ala Hou, A New Path Forward: March 2024 Governor’s Message

  Aloha, As we started the 2024 legislative session, I delivered my second annual State of the State address on January 22. The address proposed legislative and executive action to ...
Read More Ke Ala Hou, A New Path Forward: Governor’s Message February 2024

The national nonprofit Endangered Species Coalition chose Hawai‘i’s Plant Extinction Prevention Program (PEPP) as one of 10 outstanding efforts to recognize, when the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species ...
Read More Native Species Survival Highlighted Locally and Nationally

The Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and the County of Maui Office of Economic Development (OED) convened the first meeting of the Maui Economic Recovery Commission ...
Read More Charting the Course for Maui’s Economic Recovery

The Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) celebrated the return of Kids’ Day in December for the first time since 2019. The event gives moms a chance to reconnect with their ...
Read More Kids’ Day Event Returns to the Women’s Community Correctional Center

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) celebrated its certification as a Blue Zones Worksite on January 10. The event highlighted DCCA’s multi-year commitment to developing a healthier and ...
Read More DCCA Celebrates Blue Zones Worksite Certification