Reporting from Honolulu — Former Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian elected to Congress who served for more than three decades, died Friday. He was 93. Akaka died in Honolulu after ...

Retired Democratic Senator Daniel Akaka, the only U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry, will be honored tonight by the National Education Association as one of three recipients of the Human and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While other political races may get nasty, the two candidates running for Office of Hawaiian Affair’s Board of Trustees Oahu seat have a unique connection. Kalei Akaka is ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) (C) hugs Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) (2nd L) as they cross paths during a senate vote in the early morning hours at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S ...

WASHINGTON » It is a name that has echoed prominently through the Senate for years, even though most Americans know very little about the person himself. "Mr. Akaka. …" It has been both a signal for ...

Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka is shown greeting a supporter in August of 2006 during one of his frequent visits to Maui. He died Friday at age 93. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Maui County ...

Then-U.S. Rep. Daniel K. Akaka and his grandson, Dr. David M. K. Mattson Jr, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Courtesy of Dr. David M. K. Mattson Jr. Growing up with a U.S. Senator as your ...

Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka today became the first recipient of the Aloha Order of Merit award from the state Legislature and the governor. Akaka, who retired earlier this year after having served ...

(KHNL) The long debated Akaka Bill remains blocked after senators voted on a motion that would take it to the senate floor Thursday morning. The vote was 56 to 41, 4 votes shy of what was needed to ...

HONOLULU – Former Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian elected to Congress who served for more than three decades, died Friday. He was 93. Akaka died in Honolulu after being ...

HONOLULU — Former senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first native Hawaiian elected to Congress, died Friday. He was 93. Senator Akaka, who served in Congress for more than three decades, died in ...