9 months ago

Senate to Take Final Vote on Wide-Ranging Bills, Including GERS Reform...

A slate of high-impact bills is headed to the full Legislature for final consideration Fri...

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9 months ago

Senate Panel Advances 17 Bills, Including Pension Cap, Custody Consent...

Rules and Judiciary approved 17 bills ahead of Friday's session, including legislation red...

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9 months ago

Base Pay, Big Health Insurance Bills: Personnel Budget Hearing Zeroes...

With health insurance costs ballooning and more than a thousand government employees earni...

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9 months ago

LEAC Reduction Blocked as WAPA Files Petition Against PSC Decision

WAPA’s petition opposing the PSC’s June LEAC rate cut has halted its July 1 rollout, with...

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9 months ago

Governor Bryan Secures Over $34 Million in American Rescue Plan Educat...

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr., following a series of meetings in Washing...

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9 months ago

Bryan Pushes to End Dual Pay for Lawmakers, Enable Gov’t Workers to Ru...

Governor Bryan will convene a special session to push for $30M savings through self-funded...

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9 months ago

USVI Braces for Deep SNAP Cuts Under New Federal Law as Local Budgets...

As the Big Beautiful Bill cuts $186 billion from SNAP, Virgin Islands officials warn that...

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8 months ago

Bill to Create Independent Ethics Commission Stalled in Committee Amid...

Sen. Gittens's push for an independent ethics commission stalled after testifiers admitted...

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8 months ago

Roberts Outlines Bold Agenda for DSPR, Wins Committee Approval for Com...

Roberts vows to revitalize department facilities, activate the Sports Commission, improve...

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7 months ago

Governor Bryan Addresses School Safety, Historic Land Acquisition, and...

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – During the weekly briefing today on St. Croix, Governor A...

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3 months ago

Bill Allowing Public Employees to Run for Office Advances Over Bolques...

The debate on a measure to ease restrictions on public sector workers wishing to seek elec...

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3 months ago

Lawmakers Grill WICO Over $11.8M Unpaid PILOT Amid Cruise Revenue Rebo...

Virgin Islands senators pressed the West Indian Company Limited on millions of dollars in...

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2 months ago

PFA Taps Contractor, Again, for Luis Hospital Rebuild

The V.I. Public Finance Authority Board approved a preliminary contract Friday with Suffol...

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2 months ago

Former Senator Steven Payne Faces Sentencing in Florida Sexual Battery...

Former USVI legislator Steven Payne will be sentenced on sexual battery charges on Thursda...

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1 month ago

Senators Defend $5 Million Frederiksted Waterfront Investment Amid Com...

Four senators of the 36th Legislature appeared Tuesday evening at a community meeting on t...

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1 month ago

Lawmakers Hold Micro-Distillery Bill Amid Environmental and Enforcemen...

Legislation that would allow micro-distilleries and micro-breweries to operate on land zon...

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1 month ago

Proposed Health Data Utility Faces Scrutiny as Senators Question $1.8M...

Lawmakers are weighing whether to create a new governing body to oversee and sustain the V...

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1 month ago

After Bryan Texts and Plaskett ‘Friend’ Exchange Emerge, Donastorg Cal...

Renewed scrutiny is unfolding in the Virgin Islands following the release of Department of...

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1 month ago

Lawmakers Advance Bill Raising Insurance Guarantee Fund to $55 Million...

Lawmakers on the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance on Friday voted to advan...

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1 month ago

Bill to Allow Green Waste Incinerators Held as Senators Call for More...

A proposal that would allow the V.I. Waste Management Authority to use air curtain inciner...

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1 month ago

Historic Preservation Committee Orders Signage Compliance as Ten Sleep...

Signage was the focus of the St. Croix Historic Preservation Committee when they met on Th...

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1 month ago

Beeston Hill Rezoning Fight Heads to Senate Vote as Housing Push Colli...

A rezoning request for land in Estate Beeston Hill on St. Croix is now in the hands of law...

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