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Time was in Hawaii politics when a major union endorsement was as good as gold. In Democratic primaries, particularly, it was nearly impossible to win without support from most of the big unions, which almost always went in the same ...

48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing (AP). AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50. No comments [Comments are now closed for this post] Posted by Yahoo! News: Politics - Barack Obama - March 10, 2010 at 9:02 pm. Categories: Political News Feed Tags: ...

With expanding generations of Hawaii students "Internet native," to use a common phrase, it only makes sense that the Department of Education is exploring the idea of shifting at least some of its assessment testing to on-line. ...

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Imagine: For the price of a postage stamp, someone will take your valuable letter out of your mailbox and carry it, first to postal station in Hawaii and then on, by truck, plane and who knows what to any place in the world. ...

Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - From a First Lady to a Governor. Jean Smart, who earned two Emmy nominations for her role as first lady Martha Logan on Fox's "24" has joined CBS' "Hawaii Five-O" remake, playing Hawaii Governor Pat Jameson. The new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts. The move is an ...

Washington (CNN) -- House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies. The move, announced by the Appropriations Committee and its Defense subcommittee, would apply to government spending bills Congress is ...

Six Marine Corps pallbearers removed the casket of former Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi from a white hearse this morning for a service for the former Marine. Mourners stood silently as Mayor Mufi Hannemann and his wife, Gail, stood at the entrance of ...

Diane Manchester's multiple sclerosis forced her to retire from the Phoenix Police Department, where she worked as a civilian administrator. Now she often breaks Arizona law by using marijuana to alleviate tremors and other symptoms of her illness ...

WASHINGTON — Congress moved closer Tuesday to allowing Native Hawaiians to establish their own government despite objections from the state’s governor. By a vote of 245-164, the House passed a bill largely along party lines that gives Native ...

Five years after state legislators approved a law aimed at curbing pay-to-play politics, donors linked to state and city contractors are again pouring big money into major political races. An Advertiser study of more than 2,300 contributions made ...

WASHINGTON - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal money to their home districts. The move is an election ...

Inouye , the Democrat of Hawaii who leads the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday that current restrictions were already working and that “it does not make sense to discriminate against for-profit organizations” by banning earmarks to ...