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All four members of Hawaii’s federal delegation have come out in support of the former vice president to Hawaii’s own Barack Obama.

Tempers over the Ige administration’s slow response to the growing pandemic boiled over Friday at a special Senate committee hearing.

The state senator, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii Air National Guard, also announced he was called up for active duty with the guard.

The Hawaii congresswoman believes Health Director Bruce Anderson and State Epidemiologist Sarah Park have botched the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Early indications are that coronavirus has hit some minority communities harder than others. In Hawaii, officials have yet to release detailed demographic statistics.

The local party is conducting its presidential primary by mail-in voting and asking voters to rank candidates in order of preference.

The Hawaii governor suspended state laws that allow citizens access to public meetings and records while officials struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

The money can be used to address affordable housing for some of the state’s most vulnerable populations, including the homeless, low-income and those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS.

Despite the fact that only 38% of Americans say they think the Democratic and Republican parties are doing an adequate job, they’re unlikely to disappear.

They include the House speaker and Senate president as deadlines for the party-run presidential primary near.