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 ...

Josh Green signed into law a first-of-its-kind climate impact bill Tuesday at the state Capitol. The governor was flanked by ...

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

It has just become the first state in the country to adopt a “green fee,” which is a charge that will be added onto the cost ...

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

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and creates what’s being called a “Climate Impact Fee” also ...

Senate Bill 1396 creates a climate “green fee” — finally — while SB 897 will help Hawaii’s major power utility, Hawaiian Electric Co., stay solvent and push ahead on crucial improvements ...

Lawmakers in Hawaii passed legislation that will increase the taxes on hotels, vacation rentals, and other short-term accommodations. This lodging tax has also been nicknamed “the green fee ...

Hawaii lawmakers have passed a groundbreaking bill, poised for Governor Green's approval, that increases the state's hotel tax by 0.75 percent. This initiative, a national first, aims to generate ...

Hawaii governor Josh Green said he intends ... It described the levy as a “climate impact fee” or “green fee,” adding that it “will help the islands to mitigate the impacts of climate ...