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Stakes going up in legal fight over O’ahu rail
The continuing fight over the $5.5 billion O’ahu rail project may soon be headed to federal court. A group that includes former Gov. Ben Cayetano has retained nationally prominent environmental...
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New rail lawsuit takes shape
The city dodged a legal bullet on its $5.5 billion rail plan when a state judge yesterday threw out a lawsuit by Hawaiians trying to delay construction until the city completes a survey of burial sites...
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All tracks lead to Don Horner
I applauded when Gov. Neil Abercrombie appointed First Hawaiian Bank chairman and CEO Don Horner to the Board of Education. He seemed just the kind of guy needed to help shake the school system out of...
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Hawai‘i federal judges look like poster kids for rail suit
There’s more than a little irony in the decision of all of Hawai‘i’s federal judges to recuse themselves from presiding over an environmental lawsuit seeking to stop the $5.3 billion O‘ahu rail...
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Djou makes sense on rail
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Djou took a break from the federal issues that have been his major focus of late and wrote a thoughtful piece in Hawaii Reporter on one of his pet local issues — Oahu rail...
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Shakeup could toughen up City Council
There’s not much to do except shake our heads at the abrupt leadership change at the City Council until what seems best described as a semi-friendly coup fully plays out with the appointment of...
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Mayor, council heading to court on rail
Mayor Peter Carlisle and the City Council appear headed to court in a battle over fiscal control of O‘ahu’s $5.3 billion rail project. Carlisle yesterday vetoed the $17.5 budget the council passed for...
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HART saves the fight for another day
Members of the new Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation were smart to sidestep a lawsuit over who sets its budget, but it remains to be seen if the matter is settled or just postponed for a...
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Rail car snag will show what HART is made of
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation goes into executive session Thursday to discuss the city’s troubled $1.45 billion contract with Ansaldo Honolulu to...
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Bunda a curious choice for transit authority
The plan of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to appoint former state Sen. Robert Bunda as its final voting member is baffling. Previous appointments to HART by Mayor Peter Carlisle and...
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