Governor's Supplemental Budget Request: $85.5M

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Wayne Yoshioka

Published December 18, 2017 at 3:52 PM HST

Governor David Ige submitted his 2019 Supplemental Budget to the Legislature today. He is requesting additional funding for construction projects for education, housing and improvements to correctional facilities.

“The proposed amendments for Fiscal Year 2019 increases the general fund operating budget by $85.5. I am asking for a large increase in the Capital Improvement Budget. The budget being presented includes $1.497 billion in CIP improvements. Our estimate is that 14-thousand jobs will be created by this funding; of which about 55-hundred are in the construction industry directly.”

The Governor is also asking lawmakers for $16.5 million for the Tax System Modernization project.

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Wayne Yoshioka

Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.