Gov. Benigno R. Fitial left yesterday morning for at least a two-week trip to the U.S. mainland, among the highlights of which will be his participation in the four-day National Governors Association’s annual summer meeting that national media described as “governors’...

House Ways and Means Committee chair Ray Basa (Cov-Saipan) may pre-file today the fiscal year 2013 budget bill after making further reviews and discussions yesterday on the governor’s revised $114-million budget that Basa said gave increases of $50,000 to over $500,000 to...