A group of Democratic senators unveiled a bill Tuesday that would limit a corporation s ability to shift its address offshore for tax purposes Sen Carl Levin D Mich a longtime crusader against tax evasion and avoidance said the bill would put...

U S Sen Mazie Hirono has introduced the National Guard Leadership Act legislation to provide the chief of the National Guard Bureau with greater input into the selection of senior leadership for the Army National Guard and Air National Guard ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki dodged repeated questions about why he failed to ensure his underlings were not cooking the books on patient wait times despite years of warnings during a Senate hearing Thursday Senators from both pa...

Hawaii U S Sens Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz were on the losing end of a 53 40 vote today on an 85 billion tax package Sixty votes were required to move forward on the legislation Red the entire piece at http www civilbeat c...

William S Richardson School of Law student Janna Wehilani Wehi Ahu whose family comes from the tiny fishing village of Miloli i on Hawai i Island has been named the 2014 Patsy T Mink Legislative Fellow She receives a 5 000 stipend from the Law Schoo...

Hawaii s US senators last week joined a coalition working to reduce interest rates on outstanding student loans Nationwide some 38 million Americans are paying off student loans which carry interest rates of 6 8 or higher While a law ...

A former congressional staffer for retired U S Sen Daniel Akaka has been appointed to a high level Pentagon position by President Barack Obama Debra S Wada a St Andrew s Priory graduate was appointed as assistant secretary of the Army for m...

The U S Senate this week voted to confirm Pamela Hamamoto as U S representative to theUnited Nations office in Geneva The office serves as a connection between research institutions intergovernmental and non governmental organizations and di...

The U S Senate including both Hawaii senators voted Thursday to confirm Hawaii native Pamela Hamamoto as U S Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva with the rank of Ambassador Pamela will no doubt be able to draw on her experi...

More than 3 5 million in federal funds have been released for the continued modernization of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Sens Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz announced Wednesday The funds will be allocated as follows Corpora...