Micronesian community members marched from Kalihi to the federal building in Honolulu on Wednesday to rally for migrant health care and ask Hawaii s congressional delegation to redouble its efforts to reinstate Medicaid payments The 9th U S Circ...

On the one year anniversary of the introduction of the U S Senate s immigration reform bill Sen Mazie Hirono expressed dismay that the U S House of Representatives has not taken up the cause Not only would our bill strengthen our economy and ...

Since her first semester at the University of Hawai i Heide Murakami has used money from several sources to pay for college Most helpful in that effort the junior chemistry major said has been the Pell Grant she s received from the federal gov...

Hawaii s congressional delegation has introduced a bill designed to continue a boost to international tourism The Travel Promotion Enhancement and Modernization Act would reauthorizeBrand USA for five more years Sen Brian Schatz said ...

A deadline is looming for those who want to help with relief efforts for the Philippines Parts of that country are still struggling to recover from last year s deadly and destructive natural disaster Super Typhoon Haiyan Five months ago the m...

Sen Mazie Hirono is advocating for a bill aimed at encouraging tourism from Hong Kong Macau and other territories Hirono introduced the measure known as the Subnational Visa Waiver Program Act along with Sens Mike Lee R UT Mark Kirk R IL an...

Hawaii Sen Mazie Hirono is co sponsoring legislation that would expand the U S visa waiver program to include subnational territories such as Hong Kong and Macau which would allow residents to travel more freely to the United States The bill wo...

Sen Mazie Hirono D Hawaii was named the chairwoman of the Senate s Oversight Federal Rights and Agency Action Committee Thursday The subcommittee was created at the beginning of the 113th Congress to provide oversight and review of agency rul...

U S Senator Mazie Hirono from Hawaii visited Fleet Integrated Synthetic Test and Training Facility FIST2FAC at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment Pacific on Ford Island Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam on March 20 As a member of the U...

Taxpayers who haven t filed their 2013 income tax returns yet have a rare chance this year to get a last minute deduction Normally Americans can claim deductions for charitable contributions made through Dec 31 a deadline that typically spurs ...