Josh Green

Queen's announced plans last year to build a new 80-bed hospital in Kona. Now, the state is kicking in $50 million to partner with Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation to build an outpatient center to complement the new facility.

Gov. Josh Green spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz after returning from his meeting in Arizona with the Western Governors' Association.

Gov. Josh Green discusses military leases, the Trump administration's challenge to the Green Fee; Kurt Suzuki takes over as manager of the Los Angeles Angels, making him the first person from Hawaiʻi to manage a Major League Baseball team

Seth Colby, who previously served as the chief state economist, will be the next director of the State Department of Budget and Finance, starting in less than two weeks.

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaiʻi predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028. He says the “hand-to-hand combat” of partisan politics will struggle after President Donald Trump’s second term.

The announcement came after the Office of Hawaiian Affairs approved its 2026 legislative package, which included a measure calling for a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot to prohibit live-fire military training on the state’s public trust land.

The ongoing government shutdown and imminent suspension of SNAP benefits are driving people to call the 211 hotline for help, said Jennifer Pecher, vice president of AUW's 211 Community Response Programs.

The state is moving forward with two different relief programs to fill the gap left by the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Gov. Josh Green shared the latest.

Gov. Josh Green shares how the state is responding to the threat to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Debbie Ngarewa Packer, co-leader of the Māori Party in Aotearoa, or New Zealand, talks about her suspension last year after participating in a haka on the Parliament floor

Gov. Josh Green also announced on Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s The Conversation that the state will provide $250 one-time payments to SNAP recipients on or before Nov. 14.