Lawmakers embrace tourist tax increase, divided over where the money would go
By Daryl Huff for Hawaiʻi News Now
The governor’s proposal to increase tourist taxes to pay for fire prevention and environmental projects is moving along at the Legislature.
But the worry about federal funding cuts could lead to the money being used for other things.
At this stage, lawmakers seem ready to raise the transient accommodations tax. The question is how will they spend the extra money.
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