The 60th meeting of the Association of Pacific Islands Legislatures kicked off its three-day convention in the House of Representatives chamber on Capitol Hill yesterday morning. Reps. Ivan A. Blanco (R-Saipan) and Joseph “Lee Pan” Guerrero (R-Saipan) and Sen. Vinson Sablan...

The Commonwealth Cannabis Commission would be meeting with several government agencies as they move beyond the halfway mark on writing the rules that will govern the CNMI’s emerging cannabis industry. Reconvening next week, Cannabis Commission chair Nadine Deleon Guerrero told...

The CNMI government may be authorized to float a bond of up to a maximum of $300 million but Finance Secretary David Atalig says it is unnecessary to float that much amount and is opting to float only $65 million once the Commonwealth government gets the bond ratings. Atalig told...

The Commonwealth Casino Commission declined to comment on Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC’s compliance with the Casino License Agreement regarding its payment to what is termed as a Community Benefit Fund. In a letter dated Nov. 26, 2019, to the House Committee on...