Dear Gov. Ralph DLG Torres: I felt compelled to respond to you and your PIO, Kevin Bautista, after reading your press release claiming only two minority members showed up to the meeting you called for on Thursday, March 19. You see, governor, two members of the minority did show...

Dear Gov. Ralph DLG Torres: We join our U.S. Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan in urging you to request, as soon as possible, federal declarations of a Major Disaster and an Economic Injury Disaster for the Northern Mariana Islands.  As we are all acutely aware, our Commonwealth...

A bill that would legalize the use of hemp in the CNMI for industrial purposes has passed the Senate with amendments, and is moving back to the House of Representatives to be acted on. Authored by Rep. Marco T. Peter (R-Saipan), the “CNMI Hemp Farming Industry Act of 2019”...

An estimated $2 million in taxes are lost from unregistered informal lodging inns called “bed and breakfast” in the CNMI, according to Saipan Chamber of Commerce board member Alex Sablan during talks between the Chamber and House of Representatives members last Monday on Capital...