The House of Representatives passed yesterday—with amendments—the Senate bill that extends the maximum initial number of years for public land leases. That means the bill would have to go back to the Senate for the upper chamber to adopt the amendments before the measure can head...

The Department of Public Lands suggests that the lease extension bill would be better off with lease agreements of 55 years straight, instead of an initial 40 years and the option to extend an additional 15 years. In comments submitted Monday evening at the House Natural...

A CNMI Supreme Court decision in December 2017 regarding common-law marriages has prompted the introduction of a bill that clarifies certain regulations regarding homestead program eligibility for couples. Sen. Jude Hofschneider (R-Tinian) wants to clarify in his Senate Bill...

The Department of Public Lands has called the Legislature out, saying the latter negotiated with a private telecommunications company on the extensions of their lots in As Gonno, Garapan, and Chacha without the department’s involvement. In a letter to House Committee on Natural...