…the department, leaving $1.3 million unused, while lawmakers questioned communication gaps, delayed allotments, racetrack utilities and enforcement at Thursday’s budget hearing.
DPNR wants lawmakers to transfer $3 million from the St. Thomas Capital Improvement Fund to retrofit the old Navy barracks in Estate Sub Base, a move Jean Pierre Oriol says could cut annual rent costs by 72% while libraries and ve…
Bolques says the measure would create a dedicated revenue stream for VI Slice by applying only when homes priced at $3 million or more are sold, rejecting Fonseca’s description of an annual tax tied to new construction, pools, squ…
OCB Chief Negotiator Joss Springette said two vacant attorney posts have slowed legal work while the office manages 473 cases, including 390 rights arbitration matters, as lawmakers weigh shifting one DOJ-funded post into OCB’s bu…
…Development Authority and the Economic Development Commission. Interested individuals may attend the meeting via Zoom. Advance registration is required for each attendee. Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
…Development Authority and the Economic Development Commission. Interested individuals may attend the meeting via Zoom. Advance registration is required for each attendee. Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
…VITEMA has hired five 9-1-1 operators and expects four more by August, but overtime is projected to exceed the FY2026 budget by $82,239 while the agency seeks $11.1 million for FY2027 and advances Hermon Hill Safe Room project.
VIPD says Kent Fraser went to the police station in October to complete a housing assistance application, but investigators later learned of an active Florida warrant; eight months later, officers found him at Louis E. Brown Apart…
…and is projected to reach $10 million in FY2027, while also requesting $300,000 to complete a Mid Island dental clinic and support wider access to care.
BOC said local inmate care costs $320 per day compared with $85 to $109.58 at mainland facilities, prompting questions over whether off-island housing saves money while preserving dignity, family notification, staffing and federal…
Mainland motorists are seeing relief with the national average at $3.9990, but the Virgin Islands may wait longer for the decline to reach local pumps because imported fuel, shipping costs, station inventory and market scale shape…
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