HONOLULU (AP) — In a first-of-its kind move, Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, ...

Republicans have raced to approve the president’s picks to serve as top diplomats around the globe, in some cases with solid ...

Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, a hard-core liberal, is seen by insiders as a leading contender to succeed the retiring Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois as the Senate ... can read the first chapter of this ...

It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific ...

The companion act, Senate Bill 178 ... way on Maui for so many years,” Quinlan said. “Hawaii has given the world two great gifts. The first one is aloha and the second is surfing.” ...

Brian Miyamoto, executive director of the Hawaii Farm Bureau ... Chris Lee, chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and Arts. This batch of bills was first taken up at 9:30 ...

Fifty-five years ago, on April 22, 1970, the world took note of its burning rivers and acrid air. An overdue shift in ...

Stratton launched her campaign last week after Durbin, an 80-year-old who was first elected to the Senate in 1996 ... during Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

A former member of the Green Party in Hawaii, he is also considered a bridge ... the same Springfield home where he announced his first Senate run nearly 30 years ago. He hearkened back to his ...

“So it looks like you are in good shape to cover your first two ... Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, said during the committee meeting after an agreement with Senate negotiators was ...

The Hawaii senator, who already serves as the Chief Deputy Whip ... We’ve got lots of talent." Schatz is the first Democrat to officially declare his candidacy, but other potential successors include ...