Business leaders want Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to pursue the permit of about 18,000 contract workers in the CNMI on a permanent basis. The Strategic Economic Development Council voted to make this recommendation last Tuesday, underscoring the workforce needs of growing development...

The Strategic Economic Development Council met Tuesday and discussed coming up with a “white paper” on the current state of issues on contract worker labor shortages amid the economic boom. “Once we get all that, or before we get to that point we have to go out and tell the...