On Monday morning United States Senator Mazie Hirono was presented with the Teach For America Congressional Champion Award
Senator Hirono received the award in her office presented by Teach For America Hawai i Executive Director Jill Baldemor a...
Senators from Wisconsin to Hawaii have started a campaign in Congress to give college affordability the attention they believe it deserves so more young adults can have a shot at a higher education
It s the question many student face when going o...
Federal law language may soon be devoid of outdated racial terms like Oriental thanks to a unanimous vote in the U S Senate on Tuesday
Offensive racial terms would be replaced with others such as Asian American according to a statement from ...
Three Maui students are among a list of 46 across the state nominated to US military service academies by US Senator Mazie Hirono for the Class of 2020
Maui nominations include Benjamin Maurice Wuthrich to the US Naval Academy US Military Acade...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono today announced her nomination of 46 students to the U S military service academies for the Class of 2020 The students applications are now being considered by the four academies for final selections
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The U S Senate unanimously voted to include a provision authored by Senator Mazie K Hirono that removes offensive terms such as Oriental from federal law The amendment was added to S 2012 the Energy Policy and Modernization Act which is currently b...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono welcomed Clare Connors nominee for the U S District Court Judgeship for the District of Hawaii to the Senate Judiciary Committee today Senator Hirono affirmed Ms Connors vast experience and called for the Com...
State Sen Gil Kahele a longtime public servant on the Big Island before taking on a statewide office in 2011 has died at 73
The Hilo native was appointed by then Gov Neil Abercrombie in 2011 to represent the Big Island s District 1 in the state...
Senator Mazie K Hirono released the following statement on the passing of State Senator Gilbert Gil Kahele
Gil Kahele served Hawaii and our country with distinction for more than 50 years first in the U S Marine Corps then as a community a...
Senator Mazie K Hirono took to the Senate floor to mark the 43rd anniversary of Roe v Wade a landmark Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman s right to access abortion care Senator Hirono acknowledged the many challenges that women still face whe...