Governor highlights challenges, possible solutions in State of the State address

Gov. Josh Green made bold proposals for how to increase housing availability during a speech Monday. During a State of the State address Monday to mark the opening of the 2024 legislative session, Green highlighted several key issues he hopes to focus on this year and commemorated the victims of last year’s Lahaina wildfires. Those fires, Green said, have cast into stark relief one of the state’s most pressing concerns: the lack of affordable housing available to Hawaii residents. “Let me break down how it is on Maui,” Green said....