The House of Representatives passed legislation last Tuesday that would allow the Public School System to hire foreign nationals. In their session at the Tinian courthouse, the House passed Tinian Rep. Edwin Aldan’s (R-Tinian) House Bill 20-130, a bill that allows the PSS to hire...

The governing and policymaking body of the Public School System, the CNMI Board of Education, met last Wednesday, May 16, to act on several initiatives and funding/grant proposals. These are critical to the continued implementation of services to the over 10,000 Early Head Start,...

The House of Representatives unanimously passed in late April a measure seeking to set up a reserve fund for emergencies. The House passed with a vote of 18-0 a substitute of House Speaker Rafael Demapan’s (R-Saipan) House Bill 20-100, which proposes that the first $22 million...

The Office of the Governor and many of the agencies related to helping those with disabilities are collaborating to jumpstart the CNMI’s first Disability Sports Festival for athletes from Saipan, Tinian and Rota. The festival will be funded through a $70,000 sub-grant under the...