#Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association

The State of Hawaiʻi, in partnership with Hawaiʻi Foodbank, today officially launched the 2026 Annual State Employees’ Food and Fund Drive. Since 1999, state employees have supported the drive to raise food and funds for Hawaiʻi Foodbank and its statewide affiliates. The Annual Drive will run from March 4 through May 8.

In 2016, then Gov. David Ige told state lawmakers that he was committed to cooling 1,000 classrooms by the end of the year. Lawmakers agreed to do so with $100 million. But it didn’t work, according to a blunt and unsparing report by the Office of the State Auditor.

A bill aimed at boosting local homeownership and affordable rentals through state-funded county acquisitions of voluntary deed restrictions has stalled in the Senate Housing Committee and will not advance this legislative session, which ends Friday. However, during its regular meeting Friday, the Maui County Council will consider its own legislation to use voluntary deed restrictions […]

Ending Hawaiʻi’s teacher shortage will be addressed by the Hawaiʻi Education Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the teaching profession and building a pipeline of teachers for the next generation, during its annual summit next month.

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, in partnership with Kamehameha Schools, has provided more than 1,000 backpacks to Lahaina students affected by wildfires.

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Molokaʻi Chapter received the Adopt-A-Highway No Ka Oi Highway Hui Award from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Highways Division – Maui District (HWY-M). The chapter is the first from Molokaʻi to receive the award.