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In this Aug. 26, 2017 photo provided by Kyle Reardon, Dimitri Shein, back center, poses with his family, back row from left, Vincent, Joy, Victoria, wife, Melissa; front row, left to right, Genevieve, Mica, and Madelyn at Point Woronzof in Anchorage, Alaska. Shein, a Russian immigrant, is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Alaska and is one of four candidates competing in the Aug. 21 primary.
In this May 15, 2017, file photo, Hawaii's then-Attorney General Doug Chin talks to reporters outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. The seat representing Honolulu in the U.S. Congress is open for anyone's taking, as incumbent U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa runs for governor instead of re-election.
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I agree wholeheartedly with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa over suing the federal government to demand more support for Pacific Islanders who immigrate to Hawaii under the Compact of Free Association ("Hanabusa and Ige debate immigration and environment," Star-Advertiser, July 3) . Read More
Roxy Creed, left, spoke to Mandara Spa Operations Manager Lena Andrade, March 28, about employment opportunities at a job fair in Honolulu. Recently released numbers show Hawaii boasts the United States' lowest jobless rate, at 2.1 percent.
Recently released numbers show Hawaii boasts the United States' l... . FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa works in her downtown office in Honolulu.
In this Jan. 13, 2018 file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, right, speaks during a news conference with Vern Miyagi, former administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Mangement Agency, in Honolulu after a false missile alert was sent to residents and visitors statewide. Hawaii officials have repeatedly pointed to a low-level state employee and a breakdown in his agency's leadership as the main cause for a missile alert that left hundreds of thousands of islanders thinking they might die in a nuclear blast in January.
A timeline shows Hawaii officials botched efforts to immediately correct a false missile alert over the weekend, taking more than 20 minutes to contact federal authorities for approval they didn't need and then taking another 15 minutes to cancel the alert that was sent to mobile devices statewide. The astonishing error and dismal response has prompted both state and federal investigations and left one of the state's U.S. senators wondering aloud if top brass at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency should be replaced.
Nearly 40 terrifying minutes passed between the time Hawaii officials fired off a bogus alert about an incoming missile over the weekend and the moment the notice was canceled. The state was slow to contain the situation, waiting 23 minutes to call officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get unnecessary approval to send a retraction.
The Latest on the faulty missile warning alert sent over the weekend by Hawaii's emergency management agency : U.S. Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii are asking the House Armed Services Committee to hold a hearing to investigate whether a state emergency management agency should have jurisdiction over national security warnings.
After 22 unsuccessful campaigns for local political office, Kaehuaea is shooting for his first statewide race, and this time he's aiming high. All the way to governor.
Candidates vying to fill the congressional seat that will be vacated by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa do no service to Hawaii by framing campaigns as opposition to the Trump administration, even if it plays well in this bluest of blue states. Read More
Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, who has been fighting President Donald Trump's travel ban and other policies over the past year, has announced he will run for U.S. Congress. Chin, a Democrat, seeks to replace Hawaii U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who is running for governor.
In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Gov. David Ige talks at a groundbreaking ceremony for Hawaii's first public hydrogen fueling station in Honolulu. U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii plans to challenge Gov. David Ige in the gubernatorial race.
The Latest on U.S. Rep Colleen Hanabusa's plans to challenge Gov. David Ige in the Hawaii gubernatorial race : Former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says a Democrat attempting to unseat a Democrat governor isn't unique in the state's history. But being successful at it is.
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has announced her intention to establish a gubernatorial campaign committee. She is shown here taking an oath after officially filing for the U.S. Congress District 1 seat on June 2, 2016, at the Office of Elections in Honolulu.
Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who is returning to the seat she once held in the U.S. House, says she's happy to go back to Washington, but she's less happy that Republican Donald Trump was elected president. "I just didn't expect the rest of the nation to vote as resoundingly as they did," Hanabusa said shortly after results of her own election were announced.
In this Oct. 31, 2016 photo, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, left, and his wife Linda Kwok Schatz, center, laugh with an election worker as they arrive at Honolulu Hale to cast early votes in Honolulu. Sen. Schatz is largely seen as a shoo-in for keeping his seat in Washington as voters go to the polls to decide between the incumbent and Republican candidate John Carroll in Hawaii.
The incumbent Senator seeks his first full term as he was appointed to replace the late Sen. Daniel Inouye in 2012 ... . Voters arrive at a polling station held at Kawananakoa Middle School for the primary Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Honolulu.
Former US Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, right, is congratulated by a supporter at her campaign headquarters, Saturday, August 13, 2016, in Honolulu. Hanabusa won the Democratic primary in Hawaii for her old House seat Saturday.