HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has died after a private battle with cancer. She was 74. Her family said in a statement: “Colleen Hanabusa, a veteran lawmaker and attorney ...

Former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), the first Asian American woman elected as president of a legislative body, died Friday following a private battle with cancer, according to multiple reports.

Hanabusa was the first woman to serve as president of the state Senate. She later went on to serve four terms in Congress.

A bizarre case of mistaken identity that landed a then-homeless man in jail and later caused him to be confined in Hawaiʻi State Hospital for more than two years will cost the state $200,000 under a ...

Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife staff recently recaptured — and re-released — one of the oldest ʻiʻiwi ever observed. This Hawaiian honeycreeper ...

Buying lei made only with natural materials from Hawaii nei could be a new requirement for state agencies under an effort at the Legislature aimed at helping the local floriculture industry. Companion ...

Reece Farinas, marketing and sales director at Beretania Florist, handled two tuberose lei made from flowers entirely from Hawaii on Thursday in Moiliili. Two bills are in motion at the Legislature ...

Construction workers’ fluorescent shirts add color to an otherwise monochrome construction site in Kakaako in December. A state House of Representatives committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. A new bill in the Georgia House of Representatives could ...

Georgia’s state flower has been the Cherokee rose since 1916. New legislation seeks to make sweetbay magnolia the state flower. The Cherokee rose is labeled "invasive," the script says. ATLANTA - ...

With the help of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, the state declared the Cherokee Rose as its official state flower in 1916, but we could have a new one soon if new legislation passes. In ...