119th Congress
What is the role of a
This week, I wrote to Governor Palacios to start a necessary conversation.
Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification is inviting interested stakehol
The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Guam Community Based Outpatient Clinic will be
Instead of a short-term fix like asking the federal government for more money to offset revenue losses from the anemic tourism industry, the CNMI would be better off fixing structural issues that created its current problems. With the cost-cutting frenzy gripping Washington, D.C. these days, any request for more federal dollars faces slim chances.
Washington - Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds has introduced her first bill, H.R.1797, to amend the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 and include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in federal employment service programs. The legislation ensures that workers in the CNMI receive the same employment assistance, job training, and labor exchange services currently available in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds said she will introduce a bill for a $400 million federal bailout as requested by Gov. Arnold I. Palacios.
But in a press conference on Thursday, the governor said he was not asking for a bailout, but for “repurposing” a total of $414 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation funds allocated for the CNMI but were unused.
“I think our congresswoman misspoke and used a word that does not necessarily portray what we are trying to do,” Palacios said.