An Alternative WAPA Ought To Consider
With what I consider a crisis at WAPA, I am sure the issue of privatization will once again be on the table. It is probably under the table already! It's an option for the territory to consider before the islands are hit by a rolling blackout.
VIPA Provides Seaport, Airport, Building Restoration Updates
The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) is progressing with the permanent repairs of its 119 facilities damaged during the hurricanes of September 2017.
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...
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated more than $2.3 billion Tuesday to support the long-term disaster recovery process in hard hit areas in 15 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a HUD news release. According to HUD, the U.S. Virgin Islands is getting $53.59 million of that, bringing HUD’s total USVI allocated funds to $1.92 billion. #visource #usvi #news
HUD Allocates Territory Another $53.59 Million | St. Thomas Source
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated more than $2.3 billion Tuesday to support the long-term disaster recovery process in hard hit areas in 15 states and four territories. Ac
