Hawaii’s new tourist tax has come into force. The tax is seeking to raise money to help address potential ramifications of climate change in the nation’s first “Green Fee” levy, designed to help ...

A federal judge's ruling clears the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help pay for the impacts of climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of ...

The Legislature has reached the halfway point of its five-month session with different approaches between the House and ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge’s ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -After clearing legal hurdles, a new state law imposing higher taxes for tourists is on track to go into effect in the new year. The Green Fee will increase the transient ...