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This Mother's Day, many will celebrate by going out to brunch or dinner. Istanbul Hawaii on Oʻahu is one restaurant that expects to serve the Sunday Mother's Day crowd. It's owned by the mother-daughter team Nili Yildirim and Ahu Hettema.

Strides are being made toward solving Hawaiʻi's health care worker shortage. Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier has more on recent efforts to boost the nursing workforce.

The DOJ said it would decide within 90 days of the two airlines declaring substantial compliance with the DOJ's second and presumably final document request. On Tuesday, both airlines did that in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which effectively sets Aug. 5 as the deadline for the DOJ to decide on the merger.

The Windward Planning Commission has paused the 434-acre project in Punaluʻu on Big Island as Native Hawaiian and environmental groups prepare for a contested case hearing over the controversial development. Black Sand Beach LLC proposes 225 residential and short-stay units, with a supporting village. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports on the latest changes.

The Conversation talked to Pacific Shipyards International CEO Iain Wood and Vice President of Programs Troy Keipper about dry-docking the commercial vessel.

This is National Small Business Week. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more on the state of small businesses across the Hawaiian Islands.

Bank of Hawaiʻi is building a new branch in Lahaina, anticipated to open by the end of 2024. The new branch will feature the bank’s Branch of Tomorrow concept.

Growers want a measure to protect their crops and farms, while commercial nut brands say what Hawaiʻi needs is more capacity to process mac nuts locally.

Housing affordability is getting squeezed by a new pressure — the cost of insurance. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.

In early April, the state Department of Transportation informed tenants on and near the Army's Dillingham Airfield that they would likely no longer have access to water after July 5. The YMCA of Honolulu's Camp Erdman — a sleepaway camp for thousands of keiki — wants more time to figure out a solution. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.