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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hanabusa grew up in Waianae and graduated from St. Andrew's Priory school in Honolulu. She received an undergraduate, graduate and law degrees from the University of Hawaii.

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.

Colleen Hanabusa, the former U.S. congresswoman from Waianae who narrowly lost her U.S. Senate bid last year, is joining the board that oversees Oahu’s cash-strapped rail project.

State Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, a Democrat running in Hawaii’s May 22 special election for a vacant House seat, has brought on a top aide to Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) to help run her campaign.

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 ...