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

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

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

A federal appeals court is blocking Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ship passengers ...

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

A federal judge upheld Hawaii’s new tax on cruises and other travel accommodations, after the cruise industry's leading trade ...

A federal judge has denied a request to stop Hawaii’s cruise tax from taking effect in January, but the legal battle isn’t ...

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 ...

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

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

The Green Fee's cruise tax provision has received pushback since August 2025, as critics argue it unfairly targets passengers ...

A new law set to go into effect on Jan. 1 will require cruise ship passengers to pay the transient accommodation tax, which ...