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HONOLULU, HI  ̶   Governor Josh Green, M.D. today cleared a path toward expedited resolution of Hawaiʻi’s homelessness crisis that threatens the health, safety, security and well-being of our community, by ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green issues emergency proclamation addressing homelessness

(Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawai‘i Island) – Native hawaiian honeycreepers face multiple threats from predation, habitat loss, and disease. Their declining populations contribute to Hawaiiʻs unfortunate reputation as the ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Forest Restoration Giving Native Birds a Fighting Chance

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 3.2 percent, compared to 3.3 percent ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: HAWAII’S DECEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.2 PERCENT

(Peacock Flats Road, O‘ahu) – The ranks of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) will expand by 50% in mid-March, when 42 recruits will be commissioned as ...
Read More DLNR News Release: HAWAI‘I SET TO SEE 42 NEW CONSERVATION RESOURCE OFFICERS

(Kahului, Maui) – A random act, actually continued acts of kindness, is bringing to light the Aloha spirit demonstrated by a long-time state parks worker. When an elderly couple became ...
Read More DLNR News Release: STRANDED ELDERY COUPLE SINGLES OUT VETERAN STATE PARKS CARETAKER FOR EXTRAORDINARY HELP

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D. has ordered that United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green lowers flags for Princess Kawananakoa Funeral Services

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., has accepted an FY 2023 Compact Impact grant of $15,798,564 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green accepts .8M Federal Dollars

HONOLULU, HI – Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of fifteen attorneys general supporting the constitutionality of New York’s concealed-carry laws by asking the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
Read More 2023-04 ATTORNEY GENERAL JOINS AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK CONCEALED-CARRY LAW

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 – News Release – Governor Green issues flag order in honor of late State and City lawmaker Ron Menor

(Kihei, Maui) – An estimated five tons of marine debris was airlifted this morning from Kaho‘olawe to Maui, with most of it destined for recycling as “new life” products. Every ...
Read More DLNR News Release: REMOTE BEACH ON KAHO‘OLAWE CLEAN OF MARINE DEBRIS…FOR NOW