Content found for
Politics
Articles
HONOLULU (AP) — A delegation of college presidents from the Philippines will be visiting the University of Hawaii.Presi...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration has approved Hawaii's request for a waiver from provisions of the federal ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has ordered a Maui mortgage company to stop issuing loans immediately.The state Department of Co...
HONOLULU (AP) — Three State House committees have approved a bill that would allowthe state to raise money by developin...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.The committe...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The bill that will keep the U.S. from falling off the "fiscal cliff" also postpones ...
(KPUA - Ken Hupp) Governor Neil Abercrombie could announce who will succeed the late Hawai`i U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye as ea...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Green Party of Hawaii is suing the state's chief elections officer over his handling of last mo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Daniel Inouye is under observation at a Washington-area hospital so that doctors can monitor his...
FINAL PRINT OUT - STATE OF HAWAI`IPresident and Vice President(D) OBAMA, Barack / BIDEN, Joe 303,254 70.2%(R) ROMNEY, Mitt / ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Police are investigating congressional candidate Tulsi Gabbard's claim that she was the target of a...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Former Mayor Harry Kim has picked up an important endorsement in the campaign to reclaim the job he held fo...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Under fire for primary election poll opening delays, Hawaii County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi says she ha...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi says she's sorry and takes responsibility for problems that led ...
Hawaii voters head to the polls to cast their vote in Saturday's Primary election.Join us for up to the minute coverage b...
HONOLULU (AP) — Japan, South Korea and the United States will hold joint exercises in waters of Hawaii this week.The U....
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii-grown coffee will no longer need to be inspected and certified.Gov. Neil Abercrombie's offic...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Former Governor Linda Lingle was in Hilo Tuesday to officially open up her East Hawai`i campaign headquarte...
Hilo-based military units will convoy from Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR) to Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) this Friday o...
CONGRATULATIONS to this week's THIRTY ON THURSDAY winners from MINIT STOP! Each wins $30 in MINUT MONEY good towards ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's 20 Republican delegates in the presidential primary are breaking down as expected followin...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in three years.The Ha...
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says the latest contract proposal by the union representing Hawaii public school teachers is &qu...
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says the latest contract proposal by the union representing Hawaii public school teachers is &qu...
HONOLULU (AP) — Mixed martial arts could be redefined as a full contact sport where the objective is to physically dama...
Hope you're having a great Super Sunday!We all agree this should be a holiday and tomorrow should be an optional day off....
Big Island resident Roseanne Barr is running for the Green Party's presidential nomination — and she says it's ...
Big Island resident Roseanne Barr is running for the Green Party's presidential nomination — and she says it's ...
Gov. Neil Abercrombie is proposing that Hawaii spend $5 million to protect watersheds in the upcoming fiscal year.Abercro...
HONOLULU (AP) — A vacationing President Barack Obama has nominated a Harvard University professor and a former Treasury...
HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is scheduled to participate in a bipartisan political forum in New Orle...
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has left Hawaii and is bound for the Australian capital of Canberra.Obama left T...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii House Majority Leader Rep. Blake K. Oshiro is leaving the state Legislature to serve as Gov. Nei...
HONOLULU (AP) — About two dozen people from a group that advocates for Hawaii sovereignty locked themselves on the grou...
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal agent charged with killing a man inside a McDonald's restaurant in Waikiki is scheduled to ma...
HONOLULU (AP) — Former Gov. Linda Lingle is beginning her campaign to try to win Hawaii's open seat in the U.S. Senat...
HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic groups from the Big Island are suing over plans to redraw Hawaii's political boundaries. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Linda Lingle, a former two-term governor of Hawaii, says she is entering the state's Senate race, g...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Department of Education is expected to unveil a campaign aimed at combating bullying and cyber...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission's final plan for redrawing political boundaries will exclude memb...
WAIMEA, Hawaii (AP) Workers are trying to locate possible unexploded ordnance left over from World War II at Hapuna Beach S...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Transportation is to receive more than $5 million for airport repairs.Hawa...
HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie is due to announce an initiative on broadband Internet access. The governor is sc...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A Maui nonprofit organization is alerting visitors to Honolua Bay that portable toilets can be u...
HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona says he's not running for Congress.Aiona, a Republi...
HONOLULU (AP) — A proposal to reduce wage loss compensation for disabled federal employees when they reach retirement a...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — An attorney for the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission says the Big Island's test run of publicl...
HONOLULU (AP) — Company owners who sell supplies to the federal government say they'll be hit by a tax increase that ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A new Hawaii law calls for the state to consider moving the Sheriff Division to its own state departmen...
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono has an early fundraising advantage over former Congressman Ed Case in their camp...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Army plans to remove unexploded munitions from the ocean floor off the coast of Waianae over the ne...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed a law that moves the state toward a system where residents coul...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Sen. Roz Baker is traveling to Chicago this week for an event celebrating the 40th anniversary...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi wants 13 furlough days a year for the next two years. West Hawaii T...
HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed 15 measures into law.The measures, all signed Monday, include a bill w...
HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed into law most of the tax increases passed by the state Legislature. The...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James is coming home after a five month-long...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The aircraft carrier that buried Osama Bin Laden's body at sea is due to stop in Hawaii on ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. military unit has completed its deployment to Afghanistan and will be returning to Hawaii.Approx...
HONOLULU (AP) — A growing endangered Hawaiian monk seal population around the main Hawaiian Islands is prompting the fe...
Former Big Island Mayor Stephen Yamashiro passed away last night at the Hilo Medical Center around 6:30pm. According to a st...
HONOLULU (AP) — More than half of legislators in the Hawaii House of Representatives have taken office within the last ...
Blog Posts
BRAINBUSTER: According to the U.S. Government, the White House gets a new one of THESE every single day. A new what?ANSWER: A...
BRAINBUSTER: Three-quarters of Americans say this should be homemade... what is it?ANSWER: PIE
BRAINBUSTER: The President gets 21 of these while the Vice President gets 19. What?ANSWER: GUN SALUTE whenever they arrive so...
BRAINBUSTER: The number for this is fifty four. The number of what?ANSWER: the number of Christmas trees at the White House
BRAINBUSTER: The majority of Americans say they are more stressed out by this (buying) decision than by the upcoming election...
BRAINBUSTER: With the Presidential debate on tonight, here's our question. The less a candidate does THIS during a debate...
BRAINBUSTER: According to a new survey, 17% of Americans have admitted to flossing their teeth with this.ANSWER: HAIR
BRAINBUSTER: In 1988, George H.W. Bush briefly considered naming this celebrity as his running mate. Any idea?(CLINT EASTWOOD...
BRAINBUSTER: According to a new survey, what is the #1 company young people want to work for?ANSWER: Google. Then it's follow...
BRAINBUSTER: 75% of Americans use these two things at the same time. What?ANSWER: TV and COMPUTER
BRAINBUSTER: Americans fill in 54 acres of space here everyday. 54 acres of what?ANSWER: CROSSWORD PUZZLES (We we're hoping i...