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 on Hawaii ...

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

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

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed Act 96 into law Tuesday, effectively approving a tax — also known as the “Green Fee” — which is the first of its kind in the nation. “I hope the world is ...

"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 ...

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