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  Byul An wins 2025 Congressional Art Competition in the Northern Mariana Islands
  
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  Amata Coleman Radewagen joins push to remove Medicaid caps for US territories
  
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  Apr 25, 2025 | Economy, Northern Mariana Islands |
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May

Weekly Action Checklist: May 9, 2025

May 9, 2025 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
New fellowship connects environmental justice and democracy in the United States territories

May 9, 2025 | Science and Environment |
Byul An wins 2025 Congressional Art Competition in the Northern Mariana Islands

May 8, 2025 | Civic and Community Engagement, Congress, Northern Mariana Islands |
#TBT: May 8, 2025

May 8, 2025 | American Samoa, Coronavirus, History |
New independence plan outlines economic vision for sovereign Puerto Rico

May 7, 2025 | Economy, Headlines, Puerto Rico, Status |
Amata Coleman Radewagen joins push to remove Medicaid caps for US territories

May 7, 2025 | Congress |
US Virgin Islands officials meet with VA leadership in Puerto Rico over potential cuts to veterans healthcare

May 6, 2025 | Federal Government, Military, United States Virgin Islands |
How the Trump executive orders are impacting the US territories

May 5, 2025 | American Samoa, Federal Government, Guam, Headlines, Puerto Rico |
#TBT: May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025 | History, United States Virgin Islands |

April

Google Trends in the US territories: March 2025

April 29, 2025 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Puerto Rico faces renewable energy crossroads

April 28, 2025 | Puerto Rico, Science and Environment |
Governor Palacios attends inaugural Saipan–Rota flight ceremony

April 25, 2025 | Economy, Northern Mariana Islands |
#TBT: April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025 | Guam, History, Military, Puerto Rico |
US Virgin Islands exempted from proposed maritime fees on Chinese-built vessels

April 23, 2025 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |
Applications open for CENTRO’s 2025–2026 community microgrant program

April 22, 2025 | Civic and Community Engagement, Puerto Rico |
Pete Hegseth’s Guam visit met with mixed reception

April 21, 2025 | Federal Government, Guam, Military, Northern Mariana Islands |
American Samoa Medicaid summit focuses on healthcare access and equity

April 18, 2025 | American Samoa |
#TBT: April 17, 2025

April 17, 2025 | History, Northern Mariana Islands |
How FEMA’s dissolution could impact the US territories

April 16, 2025 | Federal Government, Headlines |
New report says overturning Insular Cases would not trigger new taxes

April 15, 2025 | Courts, Economy, Federal Government, Headlines, Status |
González-Colón administration highlights Puerto Rico federal funding efforts in first 100 days

April 14, 2025 | Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
Weekly Action Checklist: April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
#TBT: April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025 | American Samoa, History |
In Puerto Rico, Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education has a particular bite

April 7, 2025 | Bocaítos, Puerto Rico |
FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs

April 4, 2025 | Federal Government, Science and Environment |
#TBT: April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
Trump, Bad Bunny and Puerto Rico’s Perennially Broken Power Grid

April 2, 2025 | Bocaítos |
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come

April 1, 2025 | Federal Government |

March

Google Trends in the US territories: February 2025

March 31, 2025 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
#TBT: March 27, 2025

March 27, 2025 | Coronavirus, Guam, History |
US Virgin Islands Department of Health releases 2024 Epidemiology Report highlighting USVI disease trends

March 24, 2025 | Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025 | Coronavirus, History, Puerto Rico |
US and British Virgin Islands leaders meet to discuss maritime policy changes

March 11, 2025 | United States Virgin Islands |
Pacific territories’ role in national security discussed in US House subcommittee hearing

March 10, 2025 | American Samoa, Congress, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands |
Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history

March 7, 2025 | Federal Government, History |
#TBT: March 6, 2025

March 6, 2025 | Elections, Northern Mariana Islands |
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner criticizes statehood lobbying efforts citing questionable numbers

March 4, 2025 | Congress, Puerto Rico, Status |
US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan meets with President Trump and fellow governors

March 3, 2025 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |

February

Northern Mariana Islands Delegate King-Hinds joins Congressional Hispanic Conference in urging Speaker Johnson not to cut essential program funding

February 24, 2025 | Congress, Northern Mariana Islands |
#TBT: February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 | American Samoa |
US Virgin Islands Governor Bryan pushes for permanent Rum Cover-Over, refinery reopening, and Visa Waiver Program at 2025 IGIA meeting

February 19, 2025 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness

February 18, 2025 | Economy, Federal Government, Science and Environment |
Trump’s push for ‘efficiency’ may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?

February 14, 2025 | Federal Government, Science and Environment |
#TBT: February 13, 2025

February 13, 2025 | Congress, History, United States Virgin Islands |
Google Trends in the US territories: January 2025

February 12, 2025 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Uncertain future for the Northern Mariana Islands under the Trump administration

February 11, 2025 | Federal Government, Northern Mariana Islands |
NDN Collective’s 2025 Community Action Fund application period opens

February 10, 2025 | Civic and Community Engagement |
#TBT: February 6, 2025

February 6, 2025 | Guam, History, Puerto Rico |
United States Virgin Islands Department of Health urges precautions as Dengue outbreak hits St. Croix District

February 5, 2025 | United States Virgin Islands |
Trump’s plan to eliminate FEMA is a very bad idea

February 3, 2025 | Federal Government |

January

#TBT: January 30, 2025

January 30, 2025 | History, Northern Mariana Islands |
What’s behind Trump’s flurry of executive action: 4 essential reads on autocrats and authoritarianism

January 28, 2025 | Federal Government |
Radewagen-backed forestry bill passed by US House

January 27, 2025 | Congress |
Google Trends in the US territories: December 2024

January 24, 2025 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
#TBT: January 23, 2025

January 23, 2025 | American Samoa, History |
Stranded by status: The lack of territorial parity in the news

January 15, 2025 | Context of islands, Federal Government, Headlines, Status |
Northern Mariana Islands’ Saipan Tribune shuts down

January 14, 2025 | Northern Mariana Islands |
The US’s Worst Fears of Chinese Hacking Are on Display in Guam

January 7, 2025 | Bocaítos, Guam |
Stranded by status: Plaskett’s call for equal voting rights

January 6, 2025 | Federal Government, Headlines, Status, United States Virgin Islands |

December

2024 for the United States territories, in context

December 31, 2024 | American Samoa, Context of islands, Guam, Headlines, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands |
Google Trends in the US territories: November 2024

December 30, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Looking ahead to the context of islands in 2025

December 26, 2024 | Context of islands, Headlines |
#TBT: December 19, 2024

December 19, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: December 5, 2024

December 5, 2024 | Guam, History, Military |
The US territories need context. Context needs you.

December 3, 2024 | Context of islands, Headlines |

November

Puerto Rico Advisory Committee publishes second memorandum on economic perspectives and the Insular Cases

November 25, 2024 | Economy, Puerto Rico, Status |
Application period opens for second cohort of the USVI undergraduate cardiovascular research fellowship

November 22, 2024 | Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: November 21, 2024

November 21, 2024 | Federal Government, History, Puerto Rico |
Sablan re-introduces Insular Mid-decade Census Act

November 20, 2024 | American Samoa, Congress, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands |
US Department of Education releases Puerto Rico Educational Transformation Guidebook

November 19, 2024 | Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
Google Trends in the US territories: October 2024

November 18, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
US Virgin Islands Governor announces legislation to establish ferry service between St. Croix and St. Thomas

November 15, 2024 | General, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024 | History, Northern Mariana Islands |
Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828

November 11, 2024 | Elections, Headlines |
US territory voters prefer Harris over Trump in poll

November 5, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Polls |
Pula and Pulu pull ahead in American Samoa’s gubernatorial race, Amata likely to remain in Congress

November 5, 2024 | American Samoa, Elections, Polls |
Stacey Plaskett likely to retain US Virgin Islands delegate seat

November 4, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Polls, United States Virgin Islands |
Jenniffer González-Colón, Pablo José Hernández in the lead of Puerto Rico’s gubernatorial and resident commissioner races

November 4, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Polls, Puerto Rico |
Kimberlyn King-Hinds ahead in poll for Northern Mariana Islands delegate seat

November 4, 2024 | Elections, Northern Mariana Islands, Polls |
Ginger Cruz leads poll in Guam’s delegate race

November 4, 2024 | Elections, Guam, Polls |
What the Republican Party has become

November 1, 2024 | Elections, Opinion |

October

#TBT: October 31, 2024

October 31, 2024 | American Samoa, History |
Words to wrongs: The negative Trump effect on Puerto Rico

October 30, 2024 | Federal Government, Opinion, Puerto Rico |
US Virgin Islands Department of Health’s Epidemiology Division establishes Dengue Hotline as cases rise

October 29, 2024 | Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
The October surprise is Puerto Rico

October 28, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Puerto Rico |
University of Guam to host 2024 Senatorial forum for Guam Legislature candidates

October 25, 2024 | Elections, Guam |
#TBT: October 24, 2024

October 24, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
Universal health care may drive the vote in Puerto Rico

October 23, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Puerto Rico |
The Northern Mariana Islands teeter on the edge of electric state of emergency

October 22, 2024 | Northern Mariana Islands |
The October 2024 Elections Territorial Poll

October 21, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Polls |
US House committee moves to curtail drug usage and transport in the Caribbean

October 18, 2024 | Congress, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: October 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 | History, Puerto Rico, Science and Environment |
US Department of Energy announces $860 million in loans for solar farms in Puerto Rico

October 16, 2024 | Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
Google Trends in the US territories: September 2024

October 15, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Governor Bryan convenes first Commission on Aging meeting, strengthening advocacy for seniors in the US Virgin Islands

October 14, 2024 | United States Virgin Islands |
Latino voters are a growing force in Pennsylvania’s old industrial towns − and they could provide Harris or Trump with their margin of victory

October 11, 2024 | Elections |
#TBT: October 10, 2024

October 10, 2024 | Northern Mariana Islands, Science and Environment |
US Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico Friendship Day events kick off celebrations

October 8, 2024 | Civic and Community Engagement, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands |
Guam Environmental Protection Agency demands US Air Force revise open burn, open detonation policies

October 7, 2024 | Federal Government, Guam, Headlines, Military, Science and Environment |
#TBT: October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024 | American Samoa, History |
United States Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation funding extended through 2026

October 1, 2024 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |

September

How Democrats and Republicans have shifted their positions on Puerto Rico’s status

September 30, 2024 | Elections, Puerto Rico, Status |
#TBT: September 28, 2024

September 26, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
US Virgin Islands governor proposes legislation aimed at increasing cruise calls to St. Croix

September 25, 2024 | Economy, United States Virgin Islands |
Clash between conservation and culture over NOAA reclassification of Guam giant clams

September 24, 2024 | Congress, Federal Government, Guam, Science and Environment |
#TBT: September 19, 2024

September 19, 2024 | Guam, History |
Google Trends in the US territories: August 2024

September 18, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
US Department of the Interior funding for the US territories passes the House

September 17, 2024 | Congress, Federal Government |
#TBT: September 12, 2024

September 12, 2024 | History, Puerto Rico |
US Department of Justice includes formal policy rejecting Insular Cases in its Justice Manual

September 11, 2024 | Courts, Federal Government |
Extinct in the wild Sihek arrive at new home on Palmyra Atoll

September 10, 2024 | Guam, Science and Environment |
Airline issues threaten Northern Mariana Islands

September 9, 2024 | Economy, Northern Mariana Islands |
#TBT: September 5, 2024

September 5, 2024 | History, Northern Mariana Islands |

August

#TBT: August 29, 2024

August 29, 2024 | American Samoa, History |
Google Trends in the US territories: July 2024

August 28, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Puerto Rico’s appliance reimbursement law in limbo amid Oversight Board concerns

August 27, 2024 | Puerto Rico |
US Virgin Islands hosts inaugural Medicaid Territories Summit

August 26, 2024 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |
Agriculture hit hard, power restoration efforts ramp up in US Virgin Islands after Tropical Storm Ernesto

August 22, 2024 | Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
American Samoa sets a new precedent as it seeks autonomy over constitutional changes

August 21, 2024 | American Samoa, Congress, Federal Government |
The role of USAID in the response to Hurricane Beryl

August 20, 2024 | Federal Government |
Federal corruption investigations rock USVI government

August 19, 2024 | Federal Government, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: August 15, 2024

August 15, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
Ban on cockfighting brought to Ninth Circuit by Northern Mariana Islands local

August 14, 2024 | Courts, Northern Mariana Islands |
Judge demands mediation in Puerto Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority bankruptcy case

August 13, 2024 | Courts, Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico prepare for impact of Tropical Storm Ernesto

August 12, 2024 | Puerto Rico, Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
CNMI budget concerns reach the courts

August 2, 2024 | Northern Mariana Islands |
#TBT: August 1, 2024

August 1, 2024 | Guam, History |

July

Missile system, testing, and lack of transparency alarm Guamanians

July 30, 2024 | Federal Government, Guam, Military |
Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority faces further court battles over bankruptcy

July 29, 2024 | Courts, Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
Center for Election Science reveals new look to push for a new democracy

July 29, 2024 | Design and Innovation, Elections |
Governor Bryan leads push for affordable homeownership in the US Virgin Islands

July 26, 2024 | United States Virgin Islands |
Google Trends in the US territories: June 2024

July 25, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
#TBT: July 15, 1898

July 25, 2024 | History, Military, Puerto Rico |
Guam in danger of losing federal funding, owing FEMA

July 24, 2024 | Federal Government, Guam |
US Department of Justice responds to call to condemn Insular Cases

July 23, 2024 | Courts, Federal Government |
#TBT: July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024 | General |
US House Committee on Natural Resources holds hearing on statistical inequity in territories

July 16, 2024 | Congress |
Weekly Action Checklist: July 12, 2024

July 12, 2024 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
Chick-fil-A announces plans to expand in Puerto Rico

July 12, 2024 | Economy, Puerto Rico |
#TBT: July 11, 2024

July 11, 2024 | American Samoa, History |
The fight over Guam’s attorney general and his role, in context

July 10, 2024 | Courts, Guam |
Pasquines on Fanachu: Islands in Context with William-Jose Velez Gonzalez

July 9, 2024 | Context of islands, Headlines |
2025 Defense budget addresses critical territory needs

July 5, 2024 | Congress, Federal Government, Military |
#TBT: July 4, 2024

July 4, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
New missile flight testing operations demonstrate the complex relations between Guam and the United States military

July 3, 2024 | Federal Government, Guam, Military |
USVI hospitals report hospitalizations due to COVID-19

July 2, 2024 | Coronavirus, Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
US House shelves Radiation Exposure Compensation Act renewal

July 1, 2024 | Congress, Guam |

June

#TBT: June 27, 2024

June 27, 2024 | Guam, History, Military |
Julian Assange sentenced in Northern Mariana Islands

June 26, 2024 | Courts, Northern Mariana Islands |
The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us

June 25, 2024 | Bocaítos, Puerto Rico |
Sablan, Congress seek Navy report on Tinian Port

June 24, 2024 | Congress, Federal Government, Military, Northern Mariana Islands |
Weekly Action Checklist: June 21, 2024

June 21, 2024 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
#TBT: June 20, 2024

June 20, 2024 | History, Puerto Rico |
‘China Question’ dogs Northern Mariana Islands politics

June 18, 2024 | Headlines, Northern Mariana Islands |
USVI committee argues federal policies infringe on civil rights

June 17, 2024 | Federal Government, Status, United States Virgin Islands |
#TBT: June 13, 2024

June 13, 2024 | History, Military, Northern Mariana Islands |
Google Trends in the US territories: May 2024

June 12, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Data gaps: How statistical inequity impacts the US territories

June 11, 2024 | Data, Federal Government, Headlines |
EPA funds Solar for All Program in US Virgin Islands

June 10, 2024 | Federal Government, Science and Environment, United States Virgin Islands |
Eleven years of the context of islands

June 5, 2024 | Context of islands, Headlines |
Federal aid to farmers: The prospect of more food

June 3, 2024 | Federal Government |
Puerto Rico Local Primaries Results

June 2, 2024 | Elections, Headlines, Puerto Rico |
Jesús Manuel Ortíz poised to take the Popular Democratic party gubernatorial nomination

June 1, 2024 | Data, Elections, Headlines, Polls |

May

Pedro Pierluisi, William Villafañe ahead in New Progressive Party primary race for governor and resident commissioner

May 31, 2024 | Data, Elections, Headlines, Polls |
#TBT: May 23, 2024

May 23, 2024 | American Samoa, History, Military |
The May 2024 Elections Puerto Rico Poll

May 22, 2024 | Elections, Polls |
Google Trends in the US territories: April 2024

May 20, 2024 | Data, Google Trends in the Territories |
Weekly Action Checklist: May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
#TBT: May 16, 2024

May 16, 2024 | History, United States Virgin Islands |
The new DOL overtime rule: What it means for the territories

May 14, 2024 | Federal Government |
American Samoa benefits from trilateral summit

May 13, 2024 | American Samoa, Federal Government |
#TBT: May 9, 2024

May 9, 2024 | Guam, History, Military |
How the Northern Mariana Islands still live in the shadow of the Insular Cases

May 8, 2024 | Courts, Headlines, Northern Mariana Islands, Status |
FEMA releases report highlighting Puerto Rico’s recovery on the ground and ongoing efforts to rebuild

May 7, 2024 | Federal Government, Puerto Rico |
Shawn Gumataotao enters Guam legislative race

May 6, 2024 | Elections, Guam |
Weekly Action Checklist: May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024 | Opinion, What To Do This Week |
Right to Democracy highlights importance of rejecting Insular Cases

May 2, 2024 | Courts, Headlines, Status |
#TBT: May 2, 2024

May 2, 2024 | History, Puerto Rico |
A two-sided story: The approval of A Stronger Workforce for America Act by the US House

May 1, 2024 | American Samoa, Congress, Northern Mariana Islands |

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