California isn’t the only coastal oasis that’s at risk of submersion. Scientists have revealed that certain regions on the island of Oahu, Hawaii are sinking into the sea 40 times faster than ...

Trouble in the Water: Hawaii's Climate Crisis 25:35. In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, "water is life" — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an ...

Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians leave the state for the mainland, which now boasts a larger Hawaiian population than Hawaii itself. Latest U.S.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a "Green Fee" bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund "climate-change" mitigation. Senate Bill 1396 raises the tourist tax on Hawaii ...

Hawaii was officially admitted as a state on Aug. 21, 1959, but its relationship with the U.S. is complicated. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Hawaii plans to increase hotel tax to help it cope with climate change A bill scheduled for House and Senate votes on Wednesday would add an additional 0.75% to the daily room rate tax starting ...

Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against climate ...

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

Hawaii is the only U.S. state with significant commercial coffee production, led by the Big Island, where coffee cultivation began in the 1820s. In 1873, Henry Nicholas Greenwell, ...