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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is advising the public to avoid waters near the City and County of Honolulu Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant’s ocean outfall ...
Read More DOH News Release: Ocean users urged to avoid waters near Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, and leaders from the State Senate and House of Representatives and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) announced a compromise solution ...
Read More JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE AND HAWAI‘I TOURISM AUTHORITY

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D. is proud to announce wide legislative successes in the Administration’s first legislative session. The Green Administration, through strong collaboration with the legislature, has ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green makes statement on the end of the 2023 Legislative Session

HONOLULU – Mana Moriarty, Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Office of Consumer Protection today announced that consumers who were deceived by TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. into paying for free tax ...
Read More DCCA RELEASE: Office of Consumer Protection Announces Distribution of Payment From 1 Million Settlement with Intuit, Owner of TurboTax

HONOLULU – Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Director Nadine Y. Ando has named Mana Moriarty as executive director of the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP). The Executive ...
Read More DCCA RELEASE: Mana Moriarty Named Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Protection

(WAIMEA, HAWAI‘I) – If you look at the Kamuela View Estates neighborhood just on the outskirts of Waimea, it’s hard to imagine it could be threatened by wildfire. Yet nearly ...
Read More DLNR News Release: HUNDREDS OF HAWAI‘I HOMEOWNERS CAN BENEFIT FROM FREE WILDFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENTS

(HONOLULU)  – Native species existed before humans in Hawai‘i and most are found nowhere else in the world. Many are threatened or endangered, due to predation, disease, and habitat loss.  ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Flyers Being Distributed to Emphasize Care for Native Species,

HONOLULU — The State of Hawaiʻi will conduct the annual Makani Pāhili exercise from Thursday, May 4 through Friday, May 12, to test statewide hurricane preparedness and response capabilities.  The ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Emergency Managers, Officials Will Conduct Makani Pāhili Hurricane Exercise

HONOLULU –  A team of high school students from Maryknoll School were crowned as 2023 champions at the National LifeSmarts Championship on Sunday, April 30, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Maryknoll’s win ...
Read More DCCA NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiʻi Team Wins 2023 National LifeSmarts Championship

(HONOLULU) – In 2003, the Legislature passed Act 90 which set forth a process for the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to transfer non-ag park lands to the ...
Read More DLNR News Release- DLNR and DOA Continue Partnership in Act 90 Implementation