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HONOLULU – The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB) has announced its officers for fiscal year 2024 to 2025. Mary Albitz, chair ...
Read More DBEDT NEWS RELEASE: Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects 2023-2024 Officers

HONOLULU – The State of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) was notified that it would receive a federal grant of $740,000 to conduct outreach for the ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: STATE BROADBAND OFFICE RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACCESS AFFORDABLE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D., will travel to Boulder, Colo., from Saturday, June 24 through Wednesday, June 28, to attend the 2023 Western Governors Association Annual Meeting. Governor ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green Goes to Boulder, Colorado

(HONOLULU) – Four decades ago, had you visited Ka‘ena Point at the northwestern-most tip of O‘ahu, you would have experienced a landscape of battered vegetation, with dirt roads crisscrossing the ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Albatross Thriving at 40-Year-Old Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve

(HONOLULU) – The state Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) today voted to approve the dismantling of the Diamond Head Breakwater in front of Shangri La to address and ...
Read More DLNR News Release – SAFETY CONCERNS PROMPT DISMANTLING OF DIAMOND HEAD BREAKWATER June 23, 2023

HONOLULU HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., today notified legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 11 bills passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature during the 2023 session.    While Governor Green is ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green Issues Intent to Veto List

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed 18 “Good Government” bills, enacting laws governing ethics, lobbying, campaign spending, and other activities that serve to provide greater transparency and ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Signs 18 Bills to Rebuild Public Trust

HONOLULU — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife released a draft environmental assessment for ...
Read More Joint DLNR/USFWS Release-Draft Environmental Assessment for Mosquito Suppression on Kauai, June 23, 2023

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) defueling plan, setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons ...
Read More DOH News Release – Department of Health conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan

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 May 2023 taken ...
Read More RELEASE: DCCA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS (THROUGH MAY 2023)