The House of Representatives passed a $233.2-million spending measure for fiscal year 2020 in yesterday’s session on Capital Hill but thumbed down two amendments that could have given CNMI education additional funding. After almost three hours, the House voted, 17-2, to pass the...

The Marianas Visitors Authority still maintains a small offshore office in Taiwan with the same company that also handles the MVA’s marketing efforts in South Korea and Russia. The MVA has already cancelled its contract with AVIARREPS Marketing Garden for the Korea and Russia...

The Marianas Public Land Trust has approved the release of $15 million to the Torres administration, calling it a “loan” instead of a “line of credit.” The MPLT trustees unanimously approved the loan in a meeting yesterday at their office on Capital Hill. The trustees established...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Small businesses in the CNMI only have until July 26, 2019, to apply for a U.S. Small Business Administration federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by Super Typhoon Yutu that occurred Oct. 24-26, 2018. Tanya N. Garfield, director of the U.S. Small...