Fono Reaffirms FY2021 Budget Bill
The Fono is not making any changes to the fiscal year 2021 budget bill that it has already passed. Meeting in a joint session this morning, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to let stand the budget ...Read more
The Fono is not making any changes to the fiscal year 2021 budget bill that it has already passed. Meeting in a joint session this morning, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to let stand the budget ...Read more
After hearing from the Chief Medical Officer at LBJ Hospital and Coronavirus Task Force member Dr Iotamo Saleapaga that there are no plans at this stage for repatriation flights, the House of ...Read more
Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui says he has a list of Asians who have been issued permanent resident ID cards even though they have not lived in the territory for the requisite amount of time to be granted ...Read more
When asked at a House hearing yesterday if there’s Medicaid funding for another medical charter to take patients needing treatment off island, Medicaid Director Sandra King Young said they do ...Read more
At the House of Representatives today: The Chairman of the House Health Committee Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr., in a quandary after hearing from ASG officials on why there’s been no repatriation flights ...Read more
Local voters who are stranded off island due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to vote absentee and candidates intending to run for public office will also be able to get their names on the ...Read more
Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui is insisting that the House of Representatives use subpoena powers to get the Commissioner of Public Safety to appear for a hearing into a number of issues involving ...Read more
The closing of the borders with Hawaii may disenfranchise many local voters who are stranded in Hawaii and the mainland. And yesterday Rep Gafatasi Afalava called for a hearing with the Election ...Read more
Vaifanua lawmaker, Rep. Lavea Palepoi Mauga, caused a bit of stir during the House session on Tuesday when he said that Leasina faipule Gafatasi Afalava should not be sitting on the Board of ...Read more
The Department of Veteran Affairs needs to work hand in hand with the Department of Interior if a hospital for veterans is to be built. Otherwise the local Office of Veteran Affairs can only ...Read more