Sen. Sixto Igisomar’s (R-Saipan) cannabis regulation bill seeks to not only make legal in the CNMI a federally controlled substance, but to allow the CNMI to regulate what is possibly a new industry through a commission. Besides regulating cannabis, Senate Bill 20-62 SD1 also has...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is currently in the process of selecting four commissioner positions for the Commonwealth Election Commission after the commission informed the governor that they lacked members a couple of weeks ago. Torres said in an interview last Tuesday that he is...

After being stalled by the untimely demise of the former Northern Islands mayor Jerome Kaipat Aldan, current NI Mayor Vicente Cruz Santos has decided to press ahead with a conference that will be held on Pagan. Aldan had been working on preparations for the Konferencian Dinana...

The Commonwealth Election Commission board selected yesterday commissioners Jesus I. Sablan and Donald Hofschneider as chairman pro tem and vice chairman pro temp, respectively. Commissioner Esther Yatar nominated Sablan as chair pro tem, while commissioner Lailanie Manglona...