KHON2 — Applications are now open for the Oʻahu Small Business Loan Fund, a new micro-loan program designed to provide flexible financing to early-stage entrepreneurs who can’t access to traditional bank loans.

Pilali — Ashley Lukens and Wren Wescoatt sit down with Liza Gill of the Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights to discuss immigration, belonging, and the realities facing immigrant communities across the islands.

Civil Beat — In the wake of state legislation seeking to protect immigrants from overzealous federal crackdowns, a Honolulu charter amendment proposal with similar goals is inching forward at the city’s charter commission.

Hawai‘i News Now — In this episode of “Covering the Cost,” Annalisa Burgos sits down with Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Sherry Menor and Hawai‘i Business Magazine editor-in-chief Jennifer Ablan to talk about the cost of doing business in Hawai‘i.

Hawai‘i News Now, Aloha State Daily, Hawai‘i Public Radio, Kaua‘i Now, Maui Now, Spectrum News, Island News — The legacy of Kumu Hula Nalani Kanakaole lives on in this exhibition at the Bishop Museum, called “Ea Mai ʻEiwa: Patterns of Practice.”

Hawai‘i News Now — Sherry Menor, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, said running a business is “getting increasingly challenging,” pointing to high costs and ongoing uncertainty that make it difficult for companies to plan ahead.