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Gov. Arnold I. Palacios has sent a letter to U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. requesting consultations between the CNMI and U.S. governments pursuant to Section 902 of the Covenant.

While CNMI employers obtained 94% of available CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) permits in fiscal year 2018, this rate dropped to only 49% in 2020, according to the U.S. Government Accountability

Despite the increase in the total number of workers in the CNMI in 2021 and 2022—as the U.S. Government Accountability Office had found—the region remains at risk of a severe

IPI’s court battles, controversies continue

Sen. Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian) has introduced a joint resolution to request Gov. Arnold I. Palacios to advocate for the increased security of the tourism industry, while promoting economic recovery,

Gov. Arnold I. Palacios has agreed with Senate President Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero (D-Saipan) that it’s time to convene 902 Consultations between the CNMI and the U.S. administration of President

Shawn N. Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that the U.S. District Court for the NMI ordered 14 months imprisonment for MD

Due to the inevitable “touchback” provision under the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker program that many foreign workers must comply with, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. will see the loss of over 20

If given a chance, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios certainly would like to reiterate his appeal to President Joseph Biden and U.S. Congress to repeal or at the very least delay

Gov. Arnold I. Palacios appealed to a U.S. House of Representatives committee yesterday for urgent congressional support for legislation to repeal or at the very least delay the implementation of