Hawaii lawmakers OK about 250 bills

Written By Olivia Cropper

By Andrew Gomes and Dan Nakaso for Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Another bill passed Wednesday would increase and expand the state’s hotel room tax, and direct some of the additional revenue to equally pay for natural resource management, climate-related disaster mitigation and mitigating tourism impacts on the natural environment.

“We know that our environment is our economy,” said Nakamura (D, Hanalei-Princeville-Kapaa).

Click here to read the full story in the May 1 Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

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