Gov. David Ige rejected the notion Wednesday of extending the 2017 legislative session to try to salvage a rail-funding deal, calling it a “waste of time” if state legislators don’t already have an agreement in place. Read more
As a solution to rail’s fiscal crisis remains elusive, Honolulu City Council members today advanced a measure that would lift the ban on using property tax dollars to help finish building the island’s elevated transit project. Read more
Gov. David Ige today rejected the idea of extending the 2017 legislative session to consider a bill to fund Honolulu rail’s project. Read more
Honolulu’s financially strapped rail project faces an even more uncertain future now that a controversial 11th-hour funding deal has crumbled in the state Legislature. Read more
Rail’s long-anticipated “recovery plan,” finally released Monday after several deadline extensions, touts building the full 20-mile system but still can’t answer exactly how the city will pay for it. Read more
Local rail officials released today their highly anticipated “recovery plan.” The 249-page report, which was due Sunday, leaves the main question of how to pay for the island’s cash-strapped transit project unresolved, but it looks to assure federal officials that the latest cost estimates and management are sound. Read more
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It’s been an eventful 40 hours for the 12-member crew aboard this replica of a traditional Polynesian long distance sailing canoe. Read more
Following a 24-hour sail from Tahiti, Hokule‘a and its crew greeted hundreds of spectators at this ancient capital of Polynesia, where the Hawaiian replica sailing canoe was feted for its recent return to the Pacific. Read more
Aloha from Papeete, Tahiti aboard Hokule’a, where crews have been busy making all sorts of final preparations for a morning departure. Read more
Hawaiian sailing canoe Hokule‘a has one more important stop to make before venturing home from its around-the-world voyage. Read more
With rail’s future uncertain, former Hawaii Gov. Ben Cayetano took out a full-page ad in Friday’s Washington Post appealing directly to President Donald Trump to halt federal spending on the project. Read more
Former Gov. Ben Cayetano has taken out a full-page ad in today’s Washington Post appealing directly to President Donald Trump to end the federal government’s spending deal with Honolulu on rail. Read more
Honolulu’s rail agency has started the process to acquire a First Hawaiian Bank-owned facility next to Kalihi Stream via eminent domain. Read more
Time is money. Last year, it took Hawaiian Airlines a month to re-stripe lines outside the gates at Maui’s Kahului Airport. It would have taken the state six times longer to get that work done, officials with the local carrier say. Read more
A rail-tax extension is back in play at the state Capitol — but the proposal will likely face more tough scrutiny and hurdles in the weeks ahead. Read more
Having the private sector shoulder more of the risk of Honolulu’s stalled rail project might result in a quicker, less costly finish, according to a new report. Read more
There’s no avoiding that Honolulu’s stalled rail project will need public funding for the city to complete it — but the private sector could still help deliver the transit system more quickly and efficiently, according to a new report. Read more
The Honolulu rail board approved nearly $15 million in additional change orders Thursday — the latest tranche of money to help cover changes to construction contracts that project leaders have said the city issued prematurely. Read more
A new peer review raises renewed concerns over the Honolulu rail agency’s ability to gauge the true cost and schedule for Oahu’s cash-strapped transit project. Read more
The state Senate passed a proposal to deal with Oahu’s troubled transit project Tuesday, but not before several members vented about the city’s handling of rail and called for more accountability. Read more
State authorities are investigating what they’ve described as the suspicious death of a 15-year-old endangered monk seal on Kauai. Read more
