Senators Want Public to Weigh in on Governor's Emergency Power, Hospital Bills; Adelup Slams 'Legislative Vacation'

Senators want public to weigh in on governor's emergency power, hospital bills; Adelup slams 'legislative vacation'

Senators on Saturday morning only briefly went into an emergency session to refer to a committee two bills from Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, whose office said it's a "tragic failure of leadership" that Speaker Frank Blas Jr. had called for…

Adelup calls on Speaker to reconvene Special Session for emergency bills

A special session called on Saturday at the request of Governor Lou Leon Guerrero to act on a pair of bills that will give her emergency power similar to those used during the COVID-19 public health emergency was over as…

Guam governor seeks reinstatement of Covid-era emergency powers to speed up hospital project

Responding to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero's call for a special session, Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. summoned the 38th Guam Legislature to deliberate on the chief executive's two proposed bills that would grant her sweeping emergency powers and remove legal hurdles in the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds that she intends to use to build a new hospital in Mangilao.