The U-S House Appropriations Committee cut 150-million dollars in federal funding from the Honolulu Rail Project earlier this week.   The full House has yet to vote on the proposed budget which…if passed…would require negotiations with the Senate.  Meanwhile, the first phase of the 5.3 billion dollar rail transit project is underway in Leeward O’ahu.    HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka has an update …

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