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$47M from casino’s FY’16 BRGT identified for appropriation

Rep. Antonio Sablan (Ind-Saipan) has authored a resolution to formalize the amount of business gross revenue taxes paid out by the Saipan casino, projected at $47 million for this fiscal year, so that these may be appropriated by the Legislature. Saipan casino law provides that...
Posted On Aug 09 2016 06:00
, By Dennis B. Chan

Bill requiring public land leases to connect to CUC now law

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres has signed into law a Senate bill to require all public land leases to include a condition that lessees must connect to and use the local power grid. But Torres also signals his desire for follow-up legislation to clarify the law. “While this bill has become...
Posted On Aug 09 2016 06:00
, By Dennis B. Chan

Lawmaker wants casino BGRT funds to help local drug court

Rep. Lorenzo Deleon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan) has authored a bill to include the local drug court as a recipient of funds collected and budgeted from the business gross revenue taxes paid out by the Saipan casino. House Bill 19-193 amends Saipan casino law to add “Judicial...
Posted On Aug 09 2016 06:00
, By Dennis B. Chan

Seed money found to launch local canoe and voyaging program

Seed money has been proposed as part of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres’ budget submission to the Legislature to kick start a Chamorro and Carolinian canoe voyaging program, one that would be a long time coming and the first of its kind under the Department of Community and Cultural...
Posted On Jul 25 2016 06:00
, By Dennis B. Chan
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