Tulsi Gabbard
In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo Hawaii Gov. David Ige, center, state Health Director Bruce Anderson, left, and state Epidemiologist Sarah Park, right, in Honolulu discuss a tourist who was confirmed with the coronavirus after returning home to Japan. A review of Ige's emails shows the state epidemiologist spent key weeks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic resisting suggestions and requests from both inside and outside the administration that she boost contract tracing to control the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
Emails show strain on Hawaii administration amid pandemic

By Audrey Mcavoy Jun. 05, 2021 11:25 AM EDT

A man wearing a "Q" mask walks past city hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Hawaii Democrat Kahele wins to succeed Gabbard in US House

By Audrey Mcavoy Nov. 04, 2020 06:04 AM EST

Hawaii epidemiologist takes leave after other key departures

Sep. 04, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's embattled epidemiologist is taking a leave of absence after the new head of the state's COVID-19 contact tracing program requested...

FILE - In this July 28, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William "Hicks" Anderson Community Center in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s campaign is reserving $280 million in digital and television ads through the fall, nearly twice the amount Donald Trump’s team has reserved at this point. The Biden campaign announced in a Aug. 5 memo it’s reserving $220 million on television airtime and $60 million in digital ads, in contrast to the $147 million the Trump campaign has reserved, according to a review of Kantar/CMAG data by the Associated Press.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
The Latest: Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger

Aug. 11, 2020 08:21 PM EDT

This Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 arrest photo provided by the Wethersfield, Conn., Police Department shows Thomas Gilmer. Gilmer, a Connecticut congressional candidate for Congress, abruptly ended his campaign the day he was facing a primary election following his arrest for an alleged domestic assault, the state Republican Party said Tuesday. (Wethersfield Police Department via AP)
Connecticut voters choose Trump, Biden in final 2020 primary

By Susan Haigh Aug. 11, 2020 04:41 PM EDT

FILE -- In this Jan. 15, 2020 file photo, is state Sen. Kai Kahele at the opening day of the Hawaii Sate Legislature in Honolulu. Kahele is the only major candidate in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, virtually guaranteeing he will be sworn in as Hawaii's newest congressman in January. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)
Only 1 major candidate running to succeed Tulsi Gabbard

By Audrey Mcavoy Aug. 02, 2020 03:04 PM EDT

Social distancing ambassadors among new youth program's jobs

By Susan Haigh Jun. 30, 2020 01:38 PM EDT
Connecticut plans to expand a year-round employment program for youths to include opportunities in the COVID-19 age, including work as social distancing...

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2020 file photo, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, speaks during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to provide an update on the state's efforts regarding COVID-19, after reporting the first death in Georgia related to coronavirus. With the increased public scrutiny, security details have been assigned to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, and top state health officials like Toomey and Ohio's Dr. Amy Acton following protests by armed demonstrators and threats against the two women. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Public health workers fighting virus face growing threats

By Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber And Anna Maria Barry-Jester Jun. 12, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2020 file photo, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, speaks during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to provide an update on the state's efforts regarding COVID-19, after reporting the first death in Georgia related to coronavirus. With the increased public scrutiny, security details have been assigned to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, and top state health officials like Toomey and Ohio's Dr. Amy Acton following protests by armed demonstrators and threats against the two women. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Public health workers fighting virus face growing threats

By Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber And Anna Maria Barry-Jester Jun. 12, 2020 08:04 AM EDT

A voter, left, places a ballot in a secure box as Providence City Clerk Shawn Selleck, right, looks on, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Providence, R.I. Because so many voters asked for mail ballots, state electoral officials say mail ballots can be dropped off Tuesday at secure boxes outside city and town halls across Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Biden, Trump chalk up more primary wins in Rhode Island

Jun. 02, 2020 08:26 AM EDT

Democratic Party of Hawaii staff tabulate presidential primary ballots in Honolulu on Friday, May 22, 2020. The Democratic Party of Hawaii is scheduled Saturday to release the results of its party-run presidential primary which was delayed by more than a month due the coronavirus pandemic. The party expected most members to vote by mail and some to cast ballots at about 20 in-person polling sites. But concerns about the virus forced the party to cancel in-person voting and allow only mail ballots. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus

By Audrey Mcavoy May. 23, 2020 06:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. Biden overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas conducted exclusively by mail balloting by the state party because of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been expected to prevail in the vote Saturday, May 2 and capture a majority of the state’s delegates to the Democrats’ national nominating commission. Biden took 77% of the vote. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting

By John Hanna May. 03, 2020 10:06 AM EDT

Kansas Democrats hope primary encourages balloting by mail

By John Hanna May. 02, 2020 12:00 AM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrats hope vote counting from Saturday's party-run presidential primary goes smoothly to show that the state can rely far more...