Errors in Sales Tax Bill Delay Action in the House
Chairman of the Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Eleasalo Talauega Ale, has apologized to members of the House Ways and Means Committee for mistakes identified with one of the ...Read more
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Committee Chairman Places Priority on Budget Bill
The Chairman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, Senator Magalei Logovii, yesterday pushed for the ASG budget for Fiscal Year 2018 to be reviewed first before lawmakers deal with the ...Read more
Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr. Wants More for Veterans
Manu’a faipule Vesi Fautanu Jr. has experienced first hand the struggles of local veterans needing medical check ups and treatment off island. The second term lawmaker has been off island since ...Read more
Fono Revenue Task Force Lays out Plan for Lawmakers
As the Fono gets ready for the start of the second regular session of the 35th legislature next Monday the administration appears to be strategizing for passage of key legislation. KHJ News has ...Read more
Bill to Fast Track Cash Checking Passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act yesterday. Included in H.R. 10 was Congresswoman Amata’s bill H.R. 385, which would eliminate the long wait times for ...Read more
Mauga, Tuaolo, Talauega & Taimalelagi Named to Cabinet
Four directors and a deputy director have been appointed to serve in the second term of Governor Lolo Moliga and Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga. Pending nomination and confirmation by the ...Read more
Local Repulican Leaders See Good Things Ahead with Aumua in Congress
When the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington this week to elect officers for the 115th Congress, our own Congresswoman Aumua Amata was there to cast her vote for U.S. Rep. Paul ...Read more
Governor Issues Directive for Farm Inspections
Following on the heels of the Department of Agriculture’s decision to suspend the supply of all locally grown vegetables except those grown hydroponically for the School Lunch Program, and the ...Read more
New Litter Law Sent to Governor for Signing
The administration’s litter bill has been forwarded to the governor for his signature. It was the last piece of legislation to come out of the final session of the 34th legislature before it ...Read more
Satellite Service Tracks Illegal Fishing in Pacific
The modern age has come to policing illegal fishing…a battle that’s pitched federal officials, lawmakers from American Samoa, and the other Pacific territories against those illegally depleting ...Read more
