WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act today.   Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) managed the bill for Democrats. Natural Resources Committee chair Rob Bishop of Utah managed for the Republicans....

William Kapono Mathewson, a farmer/fisherman who is serving a 15-year prison term for stabbing a physician with a fishing spear on Rota, together with 14 other inmates, is suing Department of Corrections Commissioner Vincent S. Attao and Division of Corrections director Gregory...

The CNMI anxiously awaits the passage of the new CW bill. The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to discuss the new measure after it hit a snag a week ago. The lower chamber discussed the CW bill early this morning. The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT),...

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...