Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 29—Colleen Hanabusa, a former Hawaii congresswoman and former chairwoman of the board that oversees the city's troubled rail ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who was the first woman to serve as president of the Hawaii State Senate, has died. She was 74. Hanabusa died early Friday after a five-month battle ...

HONOLULU — Colleen Hanabusa, a former state lawmaker and prominent labor lawyer from Waianae who served in Congress but failed at bids to become Hawaii’s governor and Honolulu’s mayor, died Friday, ...

HONOLULU — Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says the way her competitor’s allies have made age an issue in her run for Senate is insulting to voters. Hanabusa is running against Sen. Brian Schatz for ...

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.