Frank Blas Jr.

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, who called the special session, said she conferred with Speaker Frank Blas Jr. and they agreed that public hearings would allow the community greater opportunity for input on the Simon Sanchez High School construction.

Marie Lizama testified at an oversight hearing Monday that higher fees, and procurement law problems, created a delay that led to services being suspended at the height of tax season.

The head of Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense said the agency is understaffed and equipment is outdated.

A law passed this year designates Dec. 10 as Insular Force Guard and Guam Combat Patrol Memorial Day.

The road over Nimitz Hill is currently named Spruance Drive in Piti and Halsey Drive in Asan

Among bills approved by the legislature during a Friday night session were a measure that allows a quarry near Fadian Cove in Mangilao and a solar farm on the Guam International Country Club site in Dededo.

With two Democrats joining the nine-member Republican majority, the 38th Guam Legislature overrode Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero's veto of the fiscal 2026 budget.

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero called an emergency session over the weekend to discuss a pair of bills, but senators sent the bills to committee.

The volunteer guardsmen took up defensive positions in Hagatna when Japanese forces invaded the island in December 1941.

Speaker Frank Blas Jr. is proposing tougher penalties for people who deface public or private property on Guam.