AP
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Clears Crucial Senate Hurdle
The Senate voted 51-49 鈥攚ith one Republican voting no, one Democratic voting yes 鈥攖o send the nomination on to a likely final vote on Saturday.
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Hawaii In The Thick Of DC Battle Over Ballast Water Dumping
Environmental groups say the shipping industry wants to loosen regulations, which could make it harder to fight invasive species.
AP
Trump Bows To Pressure, Agrees to FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh
Updated:聽 The probe will delay Republican efforts to get Kavanaugh seated shortly after the new Supreme Court session opens next week.
AP
Hirono: ‘Does Character Matter?’
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attacks Democratic senators after they listen to testimony from a woman who says he assaulted her.
AP
Fiery Kavanaugh Denies Quiet Accuser in Senate Showdown
UPDATED:聽Christine Blasey Ford tells Senate Judiciary Committee she is “100 percent certain” the Supreme Court nominee was her attacker.
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Here’s How Mazie Hirono Shaped Her ‘Badass’ Image In Washington
Hawaii’s junior senator is gaining national prominence for her outspoken criticism of Trump and Brett Kavanaugh.
NOAA
Loss Of Mainland Market For Marlin Is One More Sign Dan Inouye Is Gone
For six years, Hawaii and other Pacific islands enjoyed an exemption that allowed them to sell billfish on the mainland. Congress and President Trump just revoked it.
AP
Mazie Hirono Basks In Her Newfound Celebrity
The Hawaii senator is getting a lot of attention over her lead role in opposing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2018
Hirono Tells McConnell To His Face: ‘Do The Right Thing’
The Hawaii senator’s stand on a Supreme Court nominee accused of sexual assault is reminiscent of what Congresswoman Patsy Mink did in 1991.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2018
Why Brett Kavanaugh Scares Native Rights Advocates
Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono is just one of those who worries the Supreme Court nominee could upend hard-fought policy and funding gains.