News from OIP: Preventing, Handling & Recovering from Zoom Bombing Tuesday, December 16, 2025 02:30 PM from Office of Information Practices The Office of Information Practices (OIP) often receives reports of virtual meetings being derailed by “zoom bombers” who disrupt board business by sharing inappropriate, offensive, or hate content, loud or inappropriate noises, or filling the chat with offensive comments or gibberish. These intrusions can prevent a board from conducting business and sometimes cause a board […]
State Agencies Respond to Third Possible Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Hawaiʻi Monday, December 15, 2025 04:39 PM from Department of Agriculture Joint News Release from Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and Department of Health Dec. 11, 2025 HONOLULU – Three state agencies remain on alert after a third presumptive case of avian influenza was found in a wild bird — this time in an endangered native duck on Kauaʻi. Preliminary […]
Waialua Bar & Café Brings Local Flavors to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Monday, December 15, 2025 04:04 PM from Department of Transportation (Courtesy Office of the Lieutenant Governor) HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) and its food and beverage concessionaire partner HMSHost celebrated the grand opening Waialua Bar & Cafe in Terminal 1 of the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). Inspired by the moku (district) of Waialua on O‘ahu’s North Shore and located at […]
NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiʻi’s Minimum Wage Increases to $16.00 on January 1 Monday, December 15, 2025 03:30 PM from Office of the Governor STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS KA ʻOIHANA PONO LIMAHANA JADE T. BUTAY DIRECTOR […]
State Leaders Advise Residents on Airport Travel Enhancements Ahead of Holiday Season Monday, December 15, 2025 03:13 PM from Department of Transportation Officials Detail Airport Technology Tools and Full Implementation of Akamai Arrival Link to photos (Courtesy Office of the Lieutenant Governor) HONOLULU – In anticipation of the busy holiday travel season, state leaders provided updates on various technology enhancements at Hawai‘i’s airports to help improve the travel experience for residents. They also provided an update on […]
Traffic emergency zone hearing: Hawaiʻi Belt road vicinity of Mile Posts 3 to 15 Monday, December 15, 2025 01:41 PM from Department of Transportation HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is providing notice of its intent to declare a traffic emergency zone on Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Route 19), for emergency roadway repair work at various locations between Wainaku (mile post 3) and Hakalau (mile post 15). This notice is pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Section 264-1.5. […]
NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR KAUPEʻA SUBDIVISION PHASE 2 Friday, December 12, 2025 11:59 PM from Department of Hawaiian Home Lands December 12, 2025 Kali Watson, Chairperson Department of Hawaiian Home Lands P.O. Box 1879 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96805 808-620-9500 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about at least one day after the […]
FIRST CAREER FAIR AT OCCC FOR WORK FURLOUGH INMATES Friday, December 12, 2025 05:57 PM from Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation HONOLULU — The O’ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) Laumaka Work Furlough Center hosted its first ever career fair for over 20 work furlough inmates Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, to help them prepare for reintegration into the community. The facility collaborated with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (DCR) Hawaiʻi Correctional Industries and Reentry Coordination Office […]
