The Office of the Public Auditor’s single audit on the CNMI government’s finances in fiscal year 2018 saw an improvement from where it was in 2017, marking the second year in a row that the numbers have shown an improvement. The OPA, in its annual single audit on the CNMI...

The Senate has started to review the House of Representative’s allocation of funds for the fiscal year 2020 budget—roughly less than two months before its constitutionally mandated deadline of Sept. 30, 2019. House Bill 21-64 has already been given a quick look by the Senate’s...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the additional maximum 30,000 visas made available for returning workers under the H-2B numerical limit (also called a cap) for fiscal year 2019. As previously announced, USCIS began accepting H-2B...

The Commonwealth Health Care Corp. predicted yesterday a $50.7-million shortfall in fiscal year 2020, which starts this Oct. 1, 2019. The shortfall, according to a CHCC report to the House Ways and Means Committee, reflects a projected $76.7 million revenue in fiscal year 2020,...