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Plans for new mass-testing protocols were ramped up after a driver tested positive over the weekend.

A DOT spokesman says the pilot program isn’t technology from “spy movies,” but a civil rights group argues it is mass surveillance.

UPDATED: Budget constraints helped kill an audit looking for potential fraud, sparking a debate among Honolulu City Council members.

The temporary program mirrors a global trend to give people more street space so they can exercise at a safe distance.

The issue arose at Thursday’s board meeting as members grappled with the latest round of cost increases.

Gov. David Ige described the move as the first, incremental step to reopening Hawaii to tourists from outside of the state.

Rail officials had proposed a major change order to keep work going, but they weren’t able to reach a deal in time.

Rail officials didn’t have a clear idea of how much the relocation work would cost when they awarded the contract to get it going.

With gyms closed and other exercise options limited, bicycle shops say they are selling almost every bike they can get their hands on.

The transit project has been plagued for years by skyrocketing costs. Now it faces a $100 million slump in the revenues that fund construction.