Apatang’s testimony detailed the compounding pressures facing the commonwealth: a 32 percent drop in April revenues, more than $2.6 million in unbudgeted disaster costs, and an 81.6 percent increase in the fuel adjustment charge in May.

The contract with a Guam company to provide AI-assisted bill-drafting services for the Guam legislature may already have been terminated, but two senators said the Republican leaders behind the contract still have a lot to explain about the “sweetheart arrangement.”

Record of decision slated to be issued in 30 days By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan– The U.S. Marine Corps has released the final environmental impact statement for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training project involving the construction of new training infrastructure and the establishment of a Training Area and Range Operations Command on Tinian. The record of decision will be issued in 30 days following the release of the final EI