V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 19: Congress Can Still Do a Lot – But If...
Congress could act to help ease the budget pain in the USVI. For example, it could reform Medicare and Medicaid to bring as much as an extra $100 million to the USVI every year. Whether it will act is the question.
V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 18: Honesty Makes the Best Policy
The USVI faces a host of economic problems made significantly worse by the impact of two hurricanes. Highlighting the facts is not just wallowing in doom and gloom, but an important part of facing them and making wise decisions.
V.I. Budget Crisis Part 17: Federal Help Is Coming, But Not Enough
If the V.I. government and Congress do not step up and take difficult, serious steps quickly, the unfilled budget shortfalls will play out painfully and chaotically.
The V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 16: Irma and Maria Make A Bad Situation Worse
Early in 2017, the U.S. Virgin Islands was facing massive structural deficits, fast-rising debt, multiple ratings downgrades, an inability to borrow and no clear path to solvency. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have made the situation dramatically worse.
The V.I. Budget Crisis: Part 15, Rum and Congress
With the U.S. Virgin Islands caught in a straitjacket of a budget crisis, there are things the U.S. Congress could do to help, starting with the funds the territory receives for rum production.
The V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 14: Medicaid and Medicare
Congress could do several things which would quickly eliminate the territory's budgetary problems.
The V.I. Budget Crisis: Part 13: Finding New Revenues – AirBnB and Marijuana
One potential revenue source for helping the government dig out from under its budget crisis is already here and ubiquitous – Cannabis. While opposition remains, the tide of public opinion is swinging towards legalization.
The V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 12: What Else Can the USVI Do To Help?...
As the territory struggles with its budget crisis, Gov. Kenneth Mapp and members of the Legislature have talked about possibly consolidating some government agencies...
The V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 11: Education, Where The Big Spending Is
The largest single department in the V.I. budget is Education, which means it's also got the biggest, most complicated budget. That makes searching for budget savings a daunting task.
The V.I. Budget Crisis, Part 10: Chronic Overtime
Many government departments have been plagued with excess overtime, persisting over many years. More than one audit has found a chronic lack of documentation to prove the overtime work actually happened.
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The information released by the Legislature about the meeting was cursory and fragmented, with a mix of numbers without context or background information and statements of long-public information, such as the fact that federal funds are being spent to put some Water and Power Authority lines underground and WAPA is putting up hurricane-resistant poles.
FEMA Officials Provide Senators with Off-Camera Briefing
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Federal Emergency Management Agency officials Jacqueline Heyliger and Marisa Allen briefed USVI senators on federal spending in the territory at an unpublicized, informal meeting at the St&perio...
