Expanding pre -apprenticeships as early as middle school and expanding offerings to industrial arts and STEM fields at the high school level must lead to apprenticeships, employment, and wage growth and job diversification.

Terlaje-Perez: First, the federal government has pledged and must continue to contribute to the civilian infrastructure that its presence depends on and places additional pressure on, including sewer and water systems, roads, power, healthcare, and housing. We will advocate for better projections of military demand, full use of appropriate on-base housing and federal assistance to expand off-base housing and the infrastructure needed to support it, including pivoting of th

The Northern Mariana Islands government suspended government operations beginning today following Gov. David Apatang's shutdown declaration due to a lack of approved budget for the new fiscal year.