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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 April 2023 taken ...
Read More DCCA News RELEASE: DCCA Disciplinary Actions Through April 2023

(KAHULUI, MAUI) – Executing a search warrant, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), and NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), confiscated dozens of items from ...
Read More DLNR News Release-State and Federal Officers Raid Maui Antique Shop

(HONOLULU) – PO5, or the recently named Hawaiian monk seal pup, Pualani, will be relocated from Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī after she is weaned, according to NOAA. The offspring of ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Monk Seal Pup “Pualani” to be Relocated After Weaning

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  The State of Hawaiʻi has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to increase awareness about the USFWS’s Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) online tool and ...
Read More DBEDT NEWS RELEASE: ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

HONOLULU, HI – Attorney General Anne Lopez today sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey ...
Read More 2023-23 ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ SUES AVID TELECOM OVER ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS

 (HONOLULU) – The DLNR will be enforcing existing park closure hours at Ka‘ena Point State Park for the upcoming three-day holiday weekend to protect sensitive species and habitats from illegal ...
Read More DLNR News Release – KA‘ENA POINT STATE PARK HOURS ENFORCED MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at ...
Read More Office of the Governor – Flag Order – Gov. Green lowers flag to honor Sam Slom

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D. announced some of the actions taken by the Administration during its first six months. The main areas where progress was cited were affordable ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green reports on progress of key initiatives in the Administrationʻs first six months

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. will travel to Seattle from Sunday afternoon on May 21 through Tuesday afternoon on May 23 to meet with government officials and others ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green Goes to Seattle