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(AP) HONOLULU - It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: A competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii. That's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case ...

Hawaii is in the midst of several lawsuits against the Trump administration. “I’m more on the side of fighting them because there are very few opportunities for compromise,” Schatz told ...

Hawaii’s last Republican senator was one of its first two; Senator Hiram Fong served from 1959, when Hawaii joined the union, until 1977. ...

Sen. Ron Kouchi introduced Senate Bill 1454 on Jan. 25, which was unanimously passed in the Hawaii Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 6. If the bill becomes law, it would ...

President Obama was declared the winner in his home state as soon as the polls closed U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono defeated former Gov. Linda Lingle to become Hawaii's next U.S. senator Sen. Daniel ...

On Hawaii Island and Oahu, half of the field staff and a quarter of total staff were terminated. “The harm these firings are having on programs we rely on is obvious,” Sen. Hirono said.