Daniel Inouye News

The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov.

HONOLULU - Sen. Daniel Inouye is co-sponsoring legislation that would allow the children of Filipino World War II veterans living in the United States to become permanent U.S. residents.

Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure.

A team led by a small Hawaii company was competing to design a new generation of military transport ships when Navy officials dropped it from contention in late 2007 because the team's entry did not meet the Navy's criteria.

Justice gets trampled by the furlough parade as we 'flASHback' on the week's news that amused and confused: • State courts closed for their first 'furlough Friday,' but Chief Justice Ronald Moon ordered judges to report to work.

Although the demise of pineapple growing on Maui did not come as a surprise Tuesday, the announcement that Maui Pineapple Co.

Late yesterday, after weeks of IIE dithering, the Senate approved the extension to unemployment benefits, 98-0. Claire McCaskill and Robert Byrd abstained.

A sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it cannot fund critical maintenance and equipment replacements.

A team led by a small Hawaii company was competing to design a new generation of military transport ships when Navy officials dropped it from contention in late 2007.

U.S. House and Senate lawmakers are proposing to extend temporary higher limits on the size of home mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy or guarantee as part of a stopgap funding legislation that could pass Congress as soon as this week.

The effort to grant DC a full vote in Congress, with an additional House seat also being granted to Utah, doesn't look like it will get passed this year.

Appropriations committees in the House and Senate are proposing to extend the temporary limits for conforming jumbo loans either insured by the Federal Housing Administration or purchased by the government-sponsored enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae .

Anthony Kahoohanohano, killed in the Korean War, will be awarded the Medal of Honor after years of lobbying By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 28, 2009 For nearly a decade, George Kahoohanohano has lobbied Congress to win recognition for his uncle Anthony Kahoohanohano, who died during the Korean War after killing 13 enemy soldiers -- ...

I don't know where I get off making light of anybody else when I didn't have the brains to take a furlough Friday, but here we go with our 'flASHback' on the week's news that amused and confused: • More than 20 state buildings will shut down two Fridays a month because of public worker furloughs.

At age 85, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye reached a milestone this month by having served in Congress longer than all but two other senators in history.

Senator Al Franken recently won support from a bipartisan majority in the Senate for his anti-rape bill that dealt with defense contractors.

The Pentagon is claiming the bill is unenforceable in its present state, because it doesn't do enough to limit exposure for sub-contractors. They have proposed that congress instead pass a law prohibiting mandatory arbitration in cases of rape in any contracts in US jurisdiction.

There isn't any official confirmation on this, but sources are indicating that Sen.

Perhaps you've noticed in the past few weeks the tough talk coming out of the progressive Democratic base, the media, and even parts of the Democratic establishment blasting the 30 Republican Senators who opposed the amendment offered by Al Franken prohibiting the federal government from working with contractors who prohibit employees from pressing ...

Not one of the 30 Republican senators who voted against Sen. Al Franken's anti-rape amendment agreed to explain their rationale when MSNBC came calling, news host Rachel Maddow told her audience Wednesday evening.