Local government

Here’s what’s on tap at the V.I. Legislature this week.

Governors Mike Parson and Albert Bryan Jr. National Governors Association’s Community Renewal Task Force co-chairs, released the following statement on the bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act.

The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony Wednesday to support Gov. Albert Bryan Jr.'s Fiscal Year 2023 budget by the Department of Public Works commissioner and other members of his staff.

Beginning July 5, the offices of the Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS) on St. Thomas and St. Croix will open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This change is announced as part of the Legislature’s updated COVID-19 protocol to align with the endemicity stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children age 6 months and older are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the V.I. Health Department announced Tuesday.

Two of the prime drivers of the Virgin Islands' most important industry took it on the chin at Tuesday's meeting of the Senate's Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has advanced a bipartisan bill aimed at expediting FEMA aid after a major disaster, sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and co-authored by V.I. Delegate Stacey Plaskett.

Bosede Bruce, commissioner of the Department of Finance, brought more than her budget request to the Committee on Finance Friday. She brought the news that the Finance Department had sent out $12.5 million in tax rebate checks that day and would be sending out another $12.5 million before the end of the month

Jenifer C. O'Neal, director of the Office of Management and Budget, presented to the Committee on Finance Friday a budget request of $52.9 million for 2023.