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This is the first forum in a series of online and in-person events that will lay the groundwork for a broader understanding of Hawaiʻi’s State Budget.

Act 255 charged the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority with being the principal State agency with responsibility for managing the Mauna Kea lands.

The new Maunakea Stewardship and Oversite Authority is tasked with creating a new management plan to balance the use of land considered sacred by Native Hawaiians and revered as one of the best places in the world for astronomy.

Josh Green, the state’s ninth governor, names affordable housing, homelessness, poverty and climate change as key issues for his administration during his inauguration in Honolulu on Monday.

The university is offering a masterʻs of science in nursing education and leadership and a graduate certificate in nursing education.

The 2022 race for governor features two men who each have served the state as lieutenant governor.

Gov. David Ige on Wednesday, June 22, signed into law two measures passed by the state Legislature earlier this year that will help Hawai‘i’s working families and individuals.

State lawmakers showed their support for Hawai‘i’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus community during the 2022 legislative session, passing several measures that further equality and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, and Gov. David Ige signed them into law last week — in the middle of Pride Month.

An iconic location on the Big Island will be improved thanks to the allocation of capital improvement project funds from the state.

The state will honor World War II veteran and former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole, who died Sunday, Dec. 5, at the age of 98.

Confirmation of coffee leaf rust in Hawai`i has complicated the state’s $56 million coffee industry.

Gov. David Ige announced early Thursday afternoon that furloughs and layoffs are no longer necessary after President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package, officially dubbed the American Rescue Plan.

The declaration enables funded efforts to provide quick and efficient relief of suffering, damage and losses caused by effects of the heavy rains.

A Hawai´i Senator has introduced two resolutions that would, in effect, create a vaccine passport program for incoming and interisland travelers.

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Hawai‘i is part of a national campaign to raise public awareness and build understanding.

Limiting social contact is as crucial now as it has ever been, as humanity has been pitted in a race against the virus — vaccinations vs. the spread of variants.

Governor David Ige stressed Tuesday that the state is not “sitting on thousands of vaccines,” but is instead pushing them out as quickly as possible.

The state of Hawai‘i will operate on a significantly slimmer budget over the next two fiscal years at least.

Side effects were noted in patients who took each vaccine, though they were generally mild and occurred in between 2–3% of individuals who received them,

The administration projects the two-day furlough will save the state an estimated $300 million over a one-year period.