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Representatives discuss business closures, tourism decline and island connectivity as economic challenges
Summary
Lawmakers and visiting students discussed recent business closures — including department-store and theater operations — the island’s reliance on tourism and ideas to shift toward locally focused retail and improved inter-island transport, including a possible ferry study.
Lawmakers used the student visit to discuss recent local business closures and broader economic challenges facing Saipan and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Speaker and several representatives noted that Kensington and related operators have planned service suspensions and staff reductions, and that Duty Free and Regal Cinemas have closed locations. Representative Thomas John “TJ” Manglona, chair of the Commerce Committee, suggested reusing vacant retail…
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