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

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 Gov. Josh Green enacted legislation on May 27 establishing the country's first tourist tax designed to fund climate ...

Part memoir, part reportage, ‘Kuleana’ examines a family’s land battle and a history of Hawaii that’s long been overlooked or ...

The shamelessness of the scarcity left's cash-grab schemes knows no bounds. Indeed, not even land's end can save you, as far ...

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

Spotlight Now also spoke with state comptroller Keith Regan, head of the Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services ...

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

Dozens of people turned out to testify on Mayor Richard Bissen's effort to convert short-term rentals into long-term housing ...

A Maui County Council committee will hold a public meeting on a proposal by Mayor Richard Bissen to roll back thousands of transient vacation rental units in apartment districts back to long-term ...

President Trump said Thursday that his travel ban against people from 12 mostly African and Middle Eastern countries aimed to ...

President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set ...