A bill that exempts both the Northern Marianas Technical Institute and the Northern Marianas College from the mandatory fees that go to the Office of the Public Auditor might head to conference committee after the House of Representatives turned down the Senate changes to the...

The Second Term Coming “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” — from the Second Coming, a poem by W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)   Tweeting constant Trumpian twaddle and twit treaties are broken apart, liberal laws suppressed democratic and independent democracy delayed sheer...

The House of Representatives moved yesterday to appropriate the $15.5 million casino license renewal fee to several government agencies, but with stringent reporting requirements and a promise to pay back the local delegations that were supposed to get the money in the first...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres remains confident that there would be no government shutdown in fiscal year 2020, even if the CNMI Legislature has yet to pass a budget bill with only 24 days remaining on the clock. When asked yesterday if he is concerned about the timeline for the review...