The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an outsized influence in Hawaii and the Pacific. From its base in Honolulu, the ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, are co-authors of the bill. Both Omar and Hirono are immigrants themselves.

The East-West Center, which has suspended “nonessential expenditures” since being cut off from federal funding by the U.S.

The Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, with its historic lighthouse, attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year ...

Democratic lawmakers want to repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the president to detain or deport citizens of ...

Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, Thursday joined Democratic lawmakers to reintroduce the Neighbors Not Enemies Act, intended to ...

The senators sent a letter asking the acting treasury inspector general for tax administration to examine the decision to ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono introduced legislation along with Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda to protect Hawaii’s native plants and animals.

Sen. Hirono said the decision to fire those federal Fish and Wildlife Service employees was hasty and made without foresight.

The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would protect over 10,000 plant and animal species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands.

COURTESY 3C GOAT GRAZING Above, goats at work munch on invasive weeds and vegetation on Hawaii island. 1 /2 COURTESY 3C GOAT GRAZING Above, goats at work munch on invasive weeds and vegetation on ...