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Senate to weigh options to remove Davies as BER director after controversial appointment by governor
1 week ago |
newsfeed.wtjx.org | Tom Eader
ST. CROIX — Senators are expected to discuss what steps the lawmaking body can take to address the governor’s controversial appointment of Haldane Davies to head the Bureau of Economic Research, a division under the Office of the Governor. One of the options recommended by the Senate majority leader is to remove Davies from BER by defunding his position. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced on May 19 his appointment of Davies to serve as BER director effective immediately.
Virgin Islands to receive $1.58 million over next 15 years from opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma
1 week ago |
newsfeed.wtjx.org | Tom Eader
ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands government is slated to receive more than $1.58 million over the next 15 years from an opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma, which developed, marketed, and distributed the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin introduced in 1996, according to an official with the Virgin Islands Department of Justice.
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1 week ago |
newsfeed.wtjx.org | Tom Eader
ST. THOMAS — The Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association is calling on the government to implement reciprocal licensing fees for British Virgin Islands-based vessels operating in territorial waters following the BVI’s implementation of a new fee structure with an unlimited access fee that is 29 times higher than the original amount.
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2 weeks ago |
newsfeed.wtjx.org | Tom Eader
ST. CROIX — As health insurance costs continue to rise across the United States, officials in the Virgin Islands are grappling with an expected increase in government employee premiums and evaluating the long-term feasibility of a self-funded insurance model.
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2 weeks ago |
newsfeed.wtjx.org | Tom Eader
ST. THOMAS — Brett “Mac” McClafferty, co-owner of St. Thomas Social in Yacht Haven Grande, recently settled an eviction complaint against the Mediterranean and Caribbean restaurant after reaching an agreement with his landlord, Yacht Haven USVI LLC, that concluded with the legal matter being dismissed.
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