Hawaii Becomes First State To Charge Tourists For Carbon Footprint

Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on tourism this week, placing an additional tax on visitors to fund "climate change resiliency projects".  As the country's inaugural "Green Fee," Act 96 will …

Hawaii Dems' Ingenious Way to Address Climate Change: Making More People Unable to Afford to Go There

It's become clear that one of the Democrats' preferred "strategies" the last many years or even decades has been to blame their own mismanagement on climate change and then try to raise taxes to address that. It's a circular fiscal …

Free summer meals to be offered at 68 Hawaii public schools

The Hawaii Department of Education said free meals will be offered at 68 public schools statewide, starting June 12. The meals will be available Monday through Friday, except on the Fourth of July holiday, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “ …

Kado baseball makes trip from Hawaii to learn from Arkansas' Aloy brothers, enjoy Fayetteville Regional

FAYETTEVILLE — The trip was long, but went by fast. Oahu, Hawaii, to Houston; Houston to Northwest Arkansas. The 16 Kado baseball players making the trip spent many hours sleeping, watching movies or playing games as they made their way to see Arkansas in …

Hawaii’s volcanic rocks offer proof that Earth’s core is leaking gold, study finds

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way up to the surface during the formation of volcanic islands like Hawaii, a new study suggests. The theory results …

Visitors Can Now Watch Churning Lava Inside An Active Crater As Kīlauea Viewing Area Reopens In Hawaii

Have you ever dreamed of staring at the inside of a crater and witnessing the churning lava? Now you can, and you don’t even have to leave the U.S. to do so. After a seven-year closure, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has finally reopened its Kīlauea summit …

Maui-based Keani Hawaii sets sights on national expansion after successful jewelry-to-apparel growth

What is Green Fee? Hawaii introduces first-of-its-kind tourist tax

In a landmark move, Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to implement a climate impact fee, introducing a new tax on tourists to support environmental initiatives. Announced on Tuesday, the fee is designed to fund climate change resiliency efforts and …

Lawmakers in Hawaii look to cover the cost of climate change

Hawaii’s legislature has passed a new law that will raise taxes on hotels and vacation rentals. The additional revenue will fund upgrades, initiatives, and projects aimed at addressing the impacts of the climate crisis on the islands. Lawmakers emphasized …

Hawaii's largest general contractors

Rank Business Name / 2024 Rank (* did not previously rank) 2024 Hawaii Gross Billings Year Established in Hawaii Local Employment Top Local Executive(s) 1 Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. Inc., 605 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-735-3211, …