Hawaii's new "Green Fee" bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate change initiatives, wildlife conservation and ...

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, ...

Hawaii will add a new surcharge to the state’s existing accommodations tax to address the growing impacts of climate change.

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

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new "green fee" that the governor signed into law today.

Gov. Josh Green has signed what’s being called the “Green Fee” into law. It raises the state’s transient accommodations tax ...

The new fee, which will go into effect at the start of 2026, is intended to raise money to improve climate-change resilience ...

Governor Josh Green signed Senate Bill 1396 into law, officially creating Hawaii’s first "Green Fee" funded through a ...

"As an island chain, Hawaii cannot wait for the next disaster to hit before taking action," Green said in a statement. "We must build resiliency now, and the Green Fee will provide the necessary ...

Green previously told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that Hawaii needs $500 million to $600 million annually to appropriately protect Hawaii against future wildfires and mitigate against climate ...