Over-reliance and dependency on this singular industry in its current form only make Hawaiʻi more economically, ...

Hawaii signed a new green fee law, becoming the first state to address climate change through a tourism tax. They need to ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Governor Josh Green has announced his intent to veto 19 bills from the 2025 Hawaii State ...

Honolulu City Council approved a payout to the United Public Workers to resolve a dozen disputes over garbage collector pay.

If you're planning a vacation to Hawaii in 2026, you need to know about their green fee, beginning next year. Discover how ...

Kicking off their four-island “Summertime Hawaii Tour ‘25” on Oahu, The Green returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on ...

Hawaii: Act 96 will impose a “green tax” on tourists to safeguard Hawai‘i’s natural ecosystems from the growing impacts of ...

Hawaii’s four counties can add an extra tax on top of the state TAT. All of them have decided to add the maximum possible, ...

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a “Green Fee” bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund “climate-change” mitigation. Senate Bill 1396 raises the tourist tax ...

The Green Fee addresses the critical need to build resiliency ... For more information, visit www.governor.hawaii.gov.