WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Labor announced yesterday that the Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $322 million in wages owed workers in fiscal year 2019. WHD also set a new record for compliance assistance events in fiscal year 2019, holding more than 3,700...

The CNMI Office of the Public Auditor reported that it received a total of 126 complaints in fiscal year 2019, which covers the period from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019. In what it calls its citizen-centric report, OPA noted that 105 of the 126 total complaints were from...

The Department of Public Works completed construction of 14,400 feet of roadway pavings, traffic signages, drainages, and pavement markings in fiscal year 2019, which ended last Sept. 30, 2019. These accomplishments form part of the department’s various construction projects and...

The NMI Settlement Fund’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget is $46 million, which is $1.2 million less than the fiscal year 2019 budget of $47.2 million. Settlement Fund trustee Joyce C. H. Tang discussed the Fund’s budget in her report filed Friday with the U.S. District Court...