At least one cruise line has started charging its passengers Hawaiʻi’s tax on visitor stays and the new, landmark ...

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

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 the start of 2026.

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

A federal appeals court has blocked Hawaiʻi from enforcing a new climate tax on cruise ship passengers. The ruling arrived on New Year’s Eve and immediately paused the law. The tax was scheduled to ...

As various new laws were able to go into effect at midnight on Jan. 1, one hot button law didn’t take effect as intended: Act 96, or the Green Fee.