Entities involved in energy-intensive, high-emitting industries now have the opportunity to receive federal funds towards decarbonization efforts. The $6 billion in funding for the Industrial Demonstrations Program was announced by the Department of Energy earlier this month. However, Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the Virgin Islands “is eligible to receive equal funding as the mainland.” The program, according to Ms. Plaskett, “will create space for projects that will decarbonize the highest-emitting industries that can have the greatest impact on our planet, make the United States a leader in clean manufacturing and help meet our climate goals.” The program forms part of President Joseph Biden’s bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, and will focus on entities in industries…
Governor Albert Bryan on Monday sent the nomination of Ariel K. Smith to the 35th Legislature for the…
On Tuesday morning, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the acquisition of prime acreage in Frederiksted…
In 2022, the unemployment rate in the U.S. Virgin Islands fell by half — from 8.4 percent in January…
Office of Gun Violence Says It's Seeing Results…
Elesha George March 17, 2023The tiny Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP) says it is having an impact when it comes to turning…
Ricardo Richard's Abdel Bazzar Heads to D.C.…
Staff Consortium March 17, 2023Ricardo Richards Elementary School student, Abdel Bazzar, has won the 50th Territorial Spelling Bee…
Marijuana Sales, Consumption in Public Places…
Staff Consortium March 17, 2023The Bryan administration has issued a press release aimed at clarifying the status of marijuana use…
USVI Court Backlog Grows Longer With 800 Pending…
Elesha George March 16, 2023The U.S. Virgin Islands needs legislation to facilitate quicker, more efficient trials. That’s the recommendation…
A bill that seeks to provide undocumented immigrants with a limited U.S. Virgin Islands driver's license and identification card was approved in the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, and...
Another upward-trending financial outlook for the U.S. Virgin Islands was presented on Tuesday at the Spring Revenue Estimating Conference for fiscal year 2024, convened by the Office of Management an...
The V.I. Public Finance Authority Board of Directors during a recent meeting heard from several government-owned entities on the status of their financials and progress to develop various sectors in t...
The U.S. Dept. of Interior announced Thursday that the Biden administration has included $537 million in funding for U.S. territories in his $6.9 trillion FY 2024 budget. The proposal would fund init...
JP Morgan is suing a former executive over alleged ties to deceased sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, a move tied to the USVI's decision to sue JPMorgan on accusations that the financial institution fac...
People wishing to legally buy cannabis in the territory will have to wait up to a year for the rules and regulations to support its use to be completed, Bryan administration officials said during a he...
Last updated on Wed. March 8, 2023 at 6:10 a.m. “Money today doesn’t look like money tomorrow,” declared Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, as she introduced a new procedure to assess the values of p...
A former senator credited for promoting visa waiver status for Caribbean citizens and who fought for the proper treatment of migrant workers in the U.S. Virgin Islands is in line to receive the Legisl...
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has nominated Acting Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs for a seat on the Virgin Islands Superior Court bench, and he renominated sitting Judge Harold Willocks to another t...
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