Hawai‘i Business Magazine — Social workers face overwhelming caseloads, low pay and long workdays. But they know their work is essential to local people and their families. Here, four of them explain why they've kept going for so many years.

Pacific Business News — Makali‘i Metrics, a Hawai‘i‑based startup specializing in soil analysis, opened its first laboratory in Mō‘ili‘ili on May 14, marking the start of full operations on O‘ahu.

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.