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Federal and state officials celebrate announcement of the expansion of broadband services to underserved households on Hawaiian home lands. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2024 HONOLULU – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) announced it has received a $72 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). ...
Read More DHHL RECEIVES 72 MILLION GRANT FROM BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION TO EXPAND BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
HONOLULU – Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke today announced the launch of Digital Detectives, a Connect Kākou initiative to map internet speeds across Hawaiʻi. By taking a simple 30-second internet speed test, residents can help identify areas most in need of better internet infrastructure, ensuring that federal funding is allocated to where it is most needed. “We’re ...
Read More Connect Kākou Launches “Digital Detectives” Initiative to Map Internet Speeds Across Hawaiʻi
Benjamin Parker Elementary School Opens First EOEL Public Pre-K in Kāneʻohe Link to Ben Parker Pre-K Photos Link to Ben Parker Pre-K Video B-Roll HONOLULU — In a milestone for early education in Windward Oʻahu, Benjamin Parker Elementary School has opened two new public preschool classrooms—the first of their kind in Kāneʻohe. As part of ...
Read More NEW PUBLIC PRESCHOOLS OPEN FOR WINDWARD OʻAHU KEIKI
Free, Public Preschools Opening on Every Island HONOLULU — This August, 44 free, public preschool classrooms are slated to open across the state, with at least one classroom on each island. This marks a historic number of new public pre-K classrooms opening in a single year. The announcement was made today at Kūhiō Elementary School ...
Read More HISTORIC NUMBER OF PUBLIC PRE-K CLASSROOMS TO OPEN THIS AUGUST
Startup Funding to Launch an “Earn and Learn” Program for Future Teachers HONOLULU — Today, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke joined the Department of Education (DOE), Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR), and Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) to announce that Hawaiʻi has been awarded a $4.9 million State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF) grant by the ...
Read More STATE AWARDED .9 MILLION STATE APPRENTICESHIP EXPANSION GRANT TO SUPPORT TEACHER WORKFORCE
Expanded Tuition Subsidy Program Increases Reliability, Affordability, and Flexibility HONOLULU, HI — Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, who is serving as Acting Governor, joined the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) to announce that the preschool tuition subsidy program, Preschool Open Doors (POD), is now accepting applications on a year-round basis. Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2024, ...
Read More PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Hawaiʻi Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke and Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture Chairperson Sharon Hurd led 30 agricultural leaders, including state legislators, Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association, and Synergistic Hawaii Agricultural Council, farmers, ranchers, ...
Read More First-Ever Hawaiʻi Delegation Advocates for Agricultural Support at the United States Department of Agriculture
Link to photos HONOLULU — Today, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, leader of Connect Kākou, Hawaiʻi’s high-speed internet initiative, and Benji Robinson, Director of Asia Pacific Network Planning and Acquisition for Google, unveiled plans for the construction of a $1 billion project to create new fiber-optic internet subsea cables. The cables will connect Hawaiʻi with Japan, ...
Read More Investment from Google to Improve Hawaiʻi’s Internet Infrastructure
Local Businesses and State Workers Unite at Capitol for the State Employees’ Food Drive HONOLULU, HI — Supporters of the State Employees’ Food Drive gathered at the Capitol for the 2nd Annual Food Drive Fest hosted by Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke. The two-day event took place from April 18-19 and featured local businesses selling a ...
Read More Lieutenant Governor Hosts 2nd Annual Food Drive Fest for Hawaiʻi Foodbank