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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At Age 92 AP

Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At Age 92

She was only the second woman to have both her husband and her son elected president.

Honolulu Officials Promise Feds They’re On Board With Rail Money Nick Grube/Civil Beat

Honolulu Officials Promise Feds They’re On Board With Rail Money

Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Councilmen Ernie Martin and Trevor Ozawa say they are committed to finishing the city’s $9 billion rail project.

US Missile Strikes In Syria Draw Strong Reaction From Hawaii Delegation Getty Images

US Missile Strikes In Syria Draw Strong Reaction From Hawaii Delegation

Hawaii’s senators and representatives called for peace in Syria, congressional approval of future military action and the renewed acceptance of refugees into the U.S.

Trump’s Federal Judge Nominee For Hawaii Gets Warm Reception In DC Hawaii Office of Attorney General

Trump’s Federal Judge Nominee For Hawaii Gets Warm Reception In DC

Mark Bennett, the former state AG under Hawaii’s last Republican governor, received bipartisan accolades during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Hawaii Senators Get Their Shot At Facebook CEO Zuckerberg AP/ Carolyn Kaster

Hawaii Senators Get Their Shot At Facebook CEO Zuckerberg

Sen. Mazie Hirono wanted assurances that Facebook wouldn’t help ICE target immigrants using data from the social media platform.

Former US Sen. Daniel Akaka Dead At 93 PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Former US Sen. Daniel Akaka Dead At 93

Akaka, who retired in 2013, was the nation’s first and only U.S. senator of Native Hawaiian descent.

Schatz For President In 2020? Don’t Count On It, He Says Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Schatz For President In 2020? Don’t Count On It, He Says

Told his name is being “bandied about” as a possible candidate, the Hawaii senator dismissed any notion that he might run.

#MeToo: One Woman’s Story Of Sexual Harassment By Hawaii Sen. Dan Inouye Nick Grube/Civil Beat

#MeToo: One Woman’s Story Of Sexual Harassment By Hawaii Sen. Dan Inouye

Megan Bailiff says her treatment by the late U.S. senator — and the staffers who protected him — changed her life.

College Would Get A Lot More Affordable Under This New Schatz Proposal Cory Lum/Civil Beat

College Would Get A Lot More Affordable Under This New Schatz Proposal

The Hawaii senator’s debt-free college plan is getting some attention nationally even though it’s unlikely to gain congressional approval any time soon.

White House Must Back Off Census Change Cory Lum/Civil Beat

White House Must Back Off Census Change

The inclusion of a question on citizenship puts the country on a path back to a less progressive time.