Two Republican senators have taken aim at federal judges who plan an August conference in Hawaii, accusing them of being "tone-deaf" in the wakes of the GSA scandal.

HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii car dealer has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in a deal that could lead to his having to testify against his 85-year-old father, a newspaper said Saturday. Alan Pflueger pleaded guilty Friday to filing a tax return with ...

Lisa was born and raised on Maui, and graduated from University of Hawaii with a Bachelor ... and holds a Bachelors degree in Business & Hotel Management. Joy Tomita: Tomita joins The Modern as Director of Leisure and Corporate Sales after six years ...

Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii ... on Maui is unjustified. My Republican colleagues are quick to link the unique leisure and cultural opportunities in Hawaii with an inability to do the very serious work of the court. The Ninth Circuit includes the state of ...

Maui meet-up for federal judges, set to take place at a upscale resort, not the first tropical getaway for court VIDEO: Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Judges' Hawaii Conference?

Hawaii officials defended the islands Tuesday as a place of business amid criticism from two key U.S. senators who questioned the decision to hold an upcoming conference for federal judges on Maui.

it ought to be easy to do without traveling to expensive places like Maui,” Grassley observed. “But–forgive me for interrupting but the Ninth Circuit Court includes the state of Hawaii, so it’s not like everybody’s getting up and going to Hawaii ...

Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa deflected criticism of an upcoming conference for federal judges that is to be held at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, saying Tuesday that it is Hawaii's turn to host the gathering for the appeals court circuit that ...

The bankruptcy court granted the owner of several well-known ... the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, Calif.; Hawaii'sGrand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui; and the La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, Calif., were once part of the ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, covers eight western states plus Hawaii. It stood by its upcoming ... "This conference is further evidence the federal government is in a state of financial chaos," Sessions said.

WAILUKU - Adrianne Heely ... judge is a graduate of the University of Hawaii's William F. Richardson School of Law, Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald said: "Judge Heely perpetuates what it means to be a Richardson lawyer." "She's widely recognized as a ...

It sounds nice -- a trip to Hawaii with someone else picking up the tab. Federal judges are making plans to do just that -- using your tax money. Now some members of Congress are crying foul, because you are paying for it, and this judicial conference comes at a hefty price. ...

In a scolding letter, two Republican senators blasted the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for holding a lavish tax-payer funded judicial conference scheduled for this August in Maui, Hawaii, that “reads more like a vacation than a business trip.” “We are concerned that using the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' upcoming conference on a Hawaiian island sounds more like "a vacation than a business trip" to discuss the administration of justice, two Republican U.S. lawmakers charged on Monday. In a letter to Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, Senators Charles Grassley and Jeff Sessions wrote that Congress has an obligation to guard against "waste ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- On the heels of the scandal surrounding one government agency's lavish Las Vegas-area conference, federal judges in the western US circuit are catching flak from Congress for a planned Maui getaway that could cost taxpayers more than $1 million. The Maui meet-up is scheduled for August...

KAHULUI - The "Rights of Nature," the first of a four-part series of speakers on key environmental issues presented by Ala Kukui/Hana Retreat, will be held on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Maui ... law at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and an Earthjustice attorney.

Planning Department officials in April told committee members that the change would allow the county to safeguard taxpayer funds while Wailuku Main Street was being investigated by the state attorney general's office for alleged violations of Hawaii's ...

CERVINIA: For Ryder Hesjedal, the cold and bleakness of a mountain-top finish is a long way from the balmy and sunny environs of Maui in Hawaii where he lives in ... and a last day time trial in Milan. Based on his Tour de France bests of 6th overall ...

Brown is president and a founding member of the nonprofit PATH, Public Access Trails Hawaii, which has filed a lawsuit in 2nd Circuit Court against the state and the ranch. PATH is asking that the court grant ownership of the trail to the state based on ...

AP Duke guard Seth Curry carries the 2011 Maui Invitational championship trophy off the basketball court after an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Duke defeated Kansas 68-61 to win the 2011 Maui Invitational.