The Waste Management Authority has come under scrutiny for its delay in presenting a five-year plan for the Bovoni Landfill, amidst concerns over an ongoing vegetation fire at the site. A recent statement from Government House highlighted "progressive signs of containment" for the fire, but the urgency to address the landfill's management took center stage at a recent Committee on Rules and Judiciary meeting. Senator Diane Capehart, the committee chair, questioned the landfill's current status, asserting that the Bovoni site, despite being referred to as a landfill by WMA officials, lacked essential features. “To truly earn the name ‘landfill’, Bovoni needs to be lined with compacted clay, have a plastic liner, a leachate collection system, geotextile mats, a drainage layer, and gas chambers. Without these, the risk of fire persists,” Capehart…
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The Historic Preservation Committee came under scathing criticism from Senator Kenneth Gittens, who…
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Janeka Simon September 16, 2023The months-long, passionate debate over Bill #35-0115 was settled on Friday, when members of the 35th…
In a recent meeting of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, and Public Safety, a discussion initially focused on new parole legislation veered off course as Senator Franklin Johnson cr...
In a recent meeting with the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture, the Office of Cannabis Regulations (OCR) and the Cannabis Advisory Board expressed concerns over the Senate's ina...
Former businessman, cricket enthusiast, and legislator George Goodwin was emblematic of the contribution immigrants from other Caribbean islands have made in building the history of the U.S. Virgin Is...
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In a recent Senate Committee hearing on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety, Senator Franklin Johnson suggested that the V.I. Police Department could use drones, or "unmanned aerial systems,"...
Two bills establishing lease agreements between the Government of the Virgin Islands and two separate entities were approved on Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance....
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Lawmakers learned during Wednesday's Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance meeting that bodies from St. Croix are still being transported to St. Thomas for autopsies due to inadequate staffi...
In a heated debate during Wednesday's meeting of the Senate Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance, lawmakers clashed over a $1.7 million fund transfer request from the Department of Educatio...
One resident of the Bergs Home public housing community on St. Thomas has accused both residents and landlords of breaking various agreements under the existing V.I. Housing Authority lease arrangemen...
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