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Navy submits plans to shutter the underground Red Hill fuel facility; Sylvia Luke steps away from state House to run for lieutenant governor; The Long View spotlights mid-term elections and voting
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The latest plan for the Honolulu rail project with a shorter route has been approved by its governing board. It now goes to the City Council for approval and then to federal officials.
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Colleen Hanabusa, chair of the board of directors for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, said despite the city’s plan to stop the line at Honolulu’s Civic Center, they will continue to push for the final leg to Ala Moana.
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Members of the board of directors of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation generally praised the performance of Lori Kahikina as Interim CEO although Board Chair Colleen Hanabusa raised questions about staffing levels at the rail transit organization.
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation announced Dean Hazama will be the agency's new director of finance on Wednesday. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.
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A consultant report projects the city’s rail transit system will save about $166 million on the so-called mauka shift track realignment on Dillingham Boulevard. HPR’s Scott Kim has more.
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A new law will charge a 3% tax to tourists who book a hotel or short-term vacation rental on Oʻahu. Portions of the tax revenue will fund the Honolulu rail, the city's general fund, and a special fund to mitigate tourism impacts on natural resources.
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The Conversation talked to Lori Kahikina, interim executive director of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, to get a handle on the new timeline for meeting with Federal Transit Administration officials to present its new recovery plan.
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Three state lawmakers provide their insight and opinions over the military's handling of the Central O'ahu contaminated water crisis; HART's interim Executive Director discusses the new timeline for meeting with federal transit authority officials to present its new recovery plan; Common Cause Hawaii and Civil Beat Law Center talk about its efforts to bring attention to the Hawaiʻi legislature's most egregious gut-and-replace bills
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A Honolulu City Council committee Wednesday agreed to allocate between one-third to one-half of revenues from a proposed visitor bed tax to the city’s rail transit project. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, the council action came as city officials said rail’s potential budget shortfall is not as bad as previous projections.