Hawaii

President Obama took a pre-Christmas hike with his daughters Sasha and Malia on vacation in Hawaii, according to the White House pool report. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Obama takes pre-Christmas hike with daughters

Philip Klein · December 24, 2015 9:46 pm

Watch: Obama chips one in from the fringe in Hawaii

Watch: Obama chips one in from the fringe in Hawaii

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2015 12:04 pm

From right, President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Michelle's mother Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha, and Malia, look to the stage during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ellipse in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

No Christmas presents for the first daughters

Anna Giaritelli · December 15, 2015 5:34 am

Pearl Harbor is one of the few relatively modern battlegrounds on American soil. (AP file photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Visiting Pearl Harbor, 74 years later

Jason Russell · December 7, 2015 6:40 pm

A 24-year-old homeless woman,Â Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles,Â who worksÂ part-time at an elementary school, pushes her cart to do laundry at a nearby homeless encampment.Â Hawaii has the highest rate of homelessness in the United States, at 487 per 100,000 people, according to federal statistics.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Housing trouble in paradise

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2015 11:26 pm

Hawaii declares state of emergency for homeless

Hawaii declares state of emergency for homeless

Daniel Chaitin · October 17, 2015 6:34 pm

Tulsi Gabbard’s revolt against Dem machine

Tulsi Gabbard’s revolt against Dem machine

W. James Antle III · October 15, 2015 4:01 am

Democrats eye raising smoking age to 21

Curt Mills · September 30, 2015 5:56 pm

Some would attribute Silicon Valley's success with tech startups to the state's lack of non-competition agreements. (AP file)

It’s time for states to ban non-competition agreements

Barry Kramer · September 3, 2015 4:01 am

"This is our best hope to turn around the healthcare situation and fix it, and it's ironic that it's a provision that's housed inside the law that gives you the ability to undo the more troublesome results of the law," said David Sanders, a Republican Arkansas state senator.

States eye new ways to change Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 2, 2015 4:01 am

Former Hawaii AG among those recommended for federal judgeship

Former Hawaii AG among those recommended for federal judgeship

Jessica Karmasek · June 23, 2015 2:30 pm

Gallup said obesity rates were highest in Southern and Midwestern states and lowest in Western and Northeastern states, a pattern that has continued since Gallup started tracking the rates in 2008. (Getty Image)

Mississippi the fattest state again

Robert King · May 27, 2015 7:38 pm