Governor’s Office:Governor Ige Sends Message to State EmployeesTo all my fellow employees of the State of Hawaiʻi.
These are very challenging times, and your efforts and dedication are helping to shepherd our community through the COVID-19 crisis.
Many of you were informed recently by your union or read the news reports of proposed budget cuts. Let me be very frank with you, due to this crisis the main sources of state revenue have been drastically reduced.
And state government needs to look very different going forward. I have begun initial conversations with the Legislature and the unions that represent you, but no decisions have been made yet.