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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In January, Senator Daniel Akaka will leave office after serving 36 years in Congress. Hawaii News Now was given exclusive access to shadow the Senator in our Nation's Capitol, and what we found was ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has joined the many friends and colleagues of the late U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, who have sent condolences and fond remembrances. Akaka, who died Friday at age 93 ...

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 ...

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 ...