In the course of a more than hourlong interview, Hanabusa often referred to growing up in Waianae, on the east coast of Oahu, where her parents, Isao and June, ran a gas station.

WAILUKU — U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa’s roots go back to the sugar cane fields of Waianae. Before her grandparents got married, they worked on the Waianae Sugar Plantation, in the town where ...

Hanabusa was elected to the state Senate in 1998 representing Waianae, and previously served as the first female Senate president. She also represented Hawaii in Congress, but lost races for U.S ...

Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii) on Friday announced her plans to run for Hawaii governor.She will challenge Democratic incumbent Gov. David Ige (D).Hanabusa is creating a campaign committee to run… ...

Hanabusa, a Yonsei — or fourth generation Japanese American — spent more than 20 years as a lawyer before running for office for the first time in 1998 to serve in Hawaii’s State Senate.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Former congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa launched her campaign for Honolulu mayor Saturday. “This is a journey that we are going to make together,” she told ...

The Hawaii State Teachers Association is backing former Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa for mayor, its first endorsement ever in a county-level election.

Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa announced her candidacy for mayor on Saturday. She opened her campaign headquarters in Kalihi. At the city level, Hana­busa was appointed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell ...

She needs to win by a margin of 4,200 to 2,600 -- or by a 22-percentage-point margin. Hanabusa won a few precincts by that kind of margin, including two on the Big Island.

Former Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa is the new chair of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) board of directors. Thursday’s board vote was unanimous, and comes one day after ...