General Excise Tax

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino is asking the state Legislature to extend a deadline that will allow the county to impose a general excise tax surcharge on…

The State Legislature is at the one-third mark of its 60-day session. Today, lawmakers met to pass nearly one thousand bills to be sent to the opposite…

A proposal currently with the state Senate would drastically increase funding for Hawaii’s public schools. SB 1474 would raise the state’s general excise…

Low-income residents in Hawaii are paying a higher share of their income in taxes than higher level earners. That is the conclusion of a recent report…

Community meetings on Hawai?i County's General Excise Tax bill are set for this week.The County Council is considering a measure that would raise the Big…

The State Senate and House today each advanced separate measures to fund Honolulu’s Rail Transit System. As HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports, lawmakers must…

The cost of long term care in Hawai’i averages more than 10-thousand dollars a month, according to AARP. And some lawmakers want to help. HPR’s Wayne…

The State Senate passed 345 bills today which will be sent to the House of Representatives for consideration in the next month. But the longest debate…