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A bill aimed at renaming an Oahu beach park in honor of native son President Obama has made some initial headway in the Honolulu City Council, though the measure has its detractors.

Piedmont Natural Gas on Wednesday said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents.

The biggest winners in Hawaii from federal health care reform are likely senior citizens and hospitals that serve a large share of low-income people, according to supporters.

The office of U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawacii, released this statement today after the Senate approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, the United States Senate passed its version of comprehensive health care reform, H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, by a vote of 60-39. Senator ...

Still same as the old boss. A fan of the site sends me this Boston Globe article, which discusses how prominent Democratic politicians pushed to get the second F-35 engine into the final DOD Appropriations bill prior to President Obama's signature.

A new defense appropriations bill includes several targeted spending provisions championed by U.S. Sen.

Regarding David Gau's response to my recent editorial about Aaron Russo's documentary America: From Freedom to Fascism .

Today, the United States Congress approved an additional $15 million in research funding for lung cancer as part of the fiscal year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations package.

Republicans fumed last week when the contents of a private conversation between Sen.

This brings the total to $35 million that Congress has appropriated to date for the new program since it was launched in October of last year.

I don't know where this nonsensical suggestion originated. The Akaka Bill for the past many years has been considered under what we call the regular order.

Prompted by the alleged rape of former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones, Congress is poised to pass a measure banning defense contractors from forcing employees to use arbitration to resolve claims of discrimination and sexual assault.

Opponents of federal recognition for native Hawaiians are urging Hawaii's congressional delegation to hold hearings in Hawaii on the latest version of the Akaka Bill, which is being discussed in Congress this week.

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye issued a statement in response to a protest today by Native Hawaiian groups at the state Capitol over the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, also known as the Akaka Bill.

With key legislation on health care reform, military spending, the Akaka Bill and other issues expected to come before Congress in the coming weeks, U.S. Rep.

Congress is knocking nearly $1 billion off President Barack Obama's request for Afghanistan's security forces and instead devoting the money to buying more mine-resistent vehicles for U.S. troops there.

More than 100 people are expected tomorrow morning to protest efforts by Hawaici's two U.S. senators to insert the so-called Akaka bill into one of the federal appropriations bills coming up next, according to a spokesman for the Koani Foundation, which calls the effort a "sneak attack." U.S. Sen.

Hawaii stands to gain more than $387 million for a myriad of projects affecting schools, transportation and other initiatives under a spending bill passed yesterday by the U.S. Senate.

HONOLULU Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye indicated surprise and a note of disappointment in response to the Friday announcement by ten-term US Representative Neil Abercrombie that he will resign to seek the governorship of Hawaii.

Hawaii's four-person congressional delegation has picked up $228,560 in campaign donations from companies or organizations that they designated for federal earmarks.