On December 31, the Ninth Appellate Court partially blocked implementation of Hawaii’s “Green Fee” — a climate change-related ...

The cruise industry’s legal challenge has delayed Hawaii’s plan to tax cruise passengers for environmental funding.

A federal appeals court blocked Hawaii's new tax on cruises and other travel accommodations just one day before it was meant ...

A New Year’s Eve ruling from the Federal Appeals Court paused the enforcement of Hawaii’s new climate tax ahead of its 2026 ...

On New Year's Eve, a day before implementation, a federal appeals court granted a temporary injunction blocking Hawaii from ...

Hawaii's new 11% cruise tax has been temporarily blocked by a federal court after an industry lawsuit challenged the "Green ...

HONOLULU ( KHON) – Hawaii’s “Green Fee” went into effect on Jan. 1, albeit without one provision that lawmakers were hoping ...

The new tourist tax imposes an 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passengers to address climate change threats to Hawaii.

The levy, which would impose a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passenger, was set to go into effect at ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A federal appeals court temporarily blocked Hawaii from collecting a new tax from cruise ship ...

A Dec. 31 order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was issued within hours of the 11% tax becoming effective ...