Hawaii Governor

Gov. David Ige signed a supplemental proclamation to extend the state of emergency for two more months.

The Hawaii governor unveils a four-year plan that calls for building 10,000 affordable housing units.

State lawmakers plan to reconvene in special session Wednesday as the governor continues talks with union members.

UPDATED: The Legislature plans to amend the vetoed measure next week to provide severance pay to unionized workers, address legal flaws in the legislation and honor union contracts.

UPDATED: Gov. Ige has said he might veto a current aid bill, calling $40 million in severance or pension bonuses to public employees “too generous.”

A circuit court’s decision in Nelson v. Hawaiian Homes Commission determined that the state should give the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands “sufficient funds.”

Neighbor island facilities received some significant financial help, but the state’s main facilities on Oahu will remain overcrowded and crumbling.

PUC commissioner Mike Champley could be off the board on June 30. That puts a new card in Gov. David Ige’s hand.

The Ige administration is looking at various financing options for building a new Oahu Community Correctional Center in Halawa Valley, lawmakers are told.

Members whose terms expired in June stay on to keep the council running as they wait — and wait — for Gov. David Ige to make new appointments.

The former governor has chosen Kirk Kurokawa to create his portrait, continuing a century-old tradition in Hawaii.

Partnering with a private company to replace Hawaii’s oldest prison could begin to address our crumbling prisons. But the details will be critical.