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Schatz Leads Senate Dems On Climate Change: ‘The Crisis Of Our Generation’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Schatz Leads Senate Dems On Climate Change: ‘The Crisis Of Our Generation’

The Hawaii senator is chairman of a new committee on the climate crisis. He talks about what that means.

2019 Is Shaping Up As The Year Of Investigation In Congress Nick Grube/Civil Beat

2019 Is Shaping Up As The Year Of Investigation In Congress

Hawaii Congressman Ed Case plans to keep tabs on the Trump administration by exerting influence over the purse strings, but he’s not keen on impeachment.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To Koch-Funded Think Tank Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Tulsi Gabbard’s Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To Koch-Funded Think Tank

The Hawaii congresswoman, who’s running as a Democrat for president, sits on a foreign policy advisory council for the Catholic University of America.

US Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Hawaii Effort To Limit Property Forfeiture Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

US Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Hawaii Effort To Limit Property Forfeiture

Hawaii’s policy for seizing property has long been criticized because it can affect people who are only suspected in crimes, sometimes not even charged.

Schatz Health Care Idea On Presidential Stage Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Schatz Health Care Idea On Presidential Stage

Amy Klobuchar, the U.S. senator from Minnesota, said she doesn’t see Medicare-for-all happening anytime soon. But she likes a Hawaii senator’s alternative.

Danny De Gracia: Not So Fast On Massive New Green Movement PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Not So Fast On Massive New Green Movement

We need to address Hawaii’s own economic crisis before we embrace the much-touted Green New Deal.

Gabbard Takes Heat On MSNBC Over Russia, Assad Screen shot

Gabbard Takes Heat On MSNBC Over Russia, Assad

As the Hawaii congresswoman escalates her bid for president, she’s already facing stiff questions from journalists on a number of issues.

Tulsi Gabbard Kicks Off 2020 Campaign With $2 Million In The Bank Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tulsi Gabbard Kicks Off 2020 Campaign With $2 Million In The Bank

The Hawaii congresswoman will need to raise a lot more if she expects to compete with Democrat heavyweights such as Elizabeth Warren, who reported having $11 million in cash on hand.

High Turnover In Gabbard’s Office Preceded ‘Tulsi 2020’ Problems Cory Lum/Civil Beat

High Turnover In Gabbard’s Office Preceded ‘Tulsi 2020’ Problems

The Hawaii congresswoman has had a hard time holding on to staff, so much so that her turnover rate has been among the highest in all of Congress.

Gabbard’s Claims Of ‘Religious Bigotry’ Draw Cheers From The Right Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Gabbard’s Claims Of ‘Religious Bigotry’ Draw Cheers From The Right

A $1.5 million ad campaign from a group that wants to stack the courts with conservative judges features the Hawaii congresswoman’s recent attacks against Senate Democrats.