When we first started our Walk Story series of candidate interviews, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) was high on our list of prospective interviewees. While she wasn’t facing any hotly contested races (the senator won her 2018 reelection with nearly 70 percent of the vote), Hirono has become a topic of national interest for her straightforward willingness to call … [Read more...] about Walk Story With Senator Mazie Hirono
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MauiTime Walk Story: Senator Mazie Hirono
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Senator Mazie Hirono and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i … [Read more...] about MauiTime Walk Story: Senator Mazie Hirono
Tulsi Gabbard Announces 2020 Presidential Bid Amid Questions About Her Record
Hawai‘i’s beloved but enigmatic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-2nd Congressional District) has entered what’s shaping up to be a packed (and drawn out) Democratic presidential primary race for the chance to go toe-to-toe with Trump in 2020. Gabbard’s unofficial announcement came on Friday’s Van Jones Show on CNN following months of speculation. “I have decided to run and will give a … [Read more...] about Tulsi Gabbard Announces 2020 Presidential Bid Amid Questions About Her Record
Funding awarded to University of Hawai‘i, including $3.5 million for Maui high school and middle school students
Students from low-income families in Hawai‘i will benefit from $39 million in federal grants awarded to The University of Hawai‘i. The grants are designed to help increase the number of low-income middle and high school students statewide who succeed in college through GEAR UP, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs from the U.S. Department of … [Read more...] about Funding awarded to University of Hawai‘i, including $3.5 million for Maui high school and middle school students
Hawai‘i senators honor late U.S. Senator John McCain
They say artists become famous only after they’re dead. Politicians, it seems, become canonized. In the tradition that scoured for the good in Richard Nixon after his death, Hawai‘i’s U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono have lined up to praise the late Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) following his death on Sunday Aug. 25 from brain cancer. “We mourn the passing of a … [Read more...] about Hawai‘i senators honor late U.S. Senator John McCain