Clinton Foundation partners with Expedia and Bloomberg Philanthropies to support VI solarization projects Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, joined by President Bill Clinton, Bloomberg co-founder Tom Secunda and officials from Expedia Group, announced today the solarization of three sites in the U.S. Virgin Islands and support for renewable energy projects Territory-wide. “Today, I am here to […]

Government employees deserve to earn a dignified wage and the Government is obligated to provide residents with adequately staffed schools, hospitals and law enforcement agencies. This was the message delivered by Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Earl Walker and Government House Chief Legal Counsel Emile Henderson III in response to an eight-page legal opinion from

Acting Governor and Finance Commissioner Valdamier O. Collens met Friday with the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), William “Brock” Long, to discuss the Territory’s ongoing recovery, including matters related to the Community Disaster Loan program, accessibility to Immediate Needs funding, the permanent roof initiative under the Sheltering and

Attorney General Claude Walker will serve as Acting Governor beginning late Saturday afternoon as Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, Lt. Governor Osbert Potter and Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens are out of the Territory. Governor Mapp and Commissioner Collens will be in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials and

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has formally approved an agreement with Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC to resume oil refining operations on St. Croix. The landmark agreement, ratified by the 32nd Legislature on July 25 as Bill No. 32-0246, is expected to create an estimated 1,300 construction jobs and as many as 700 long-term positions in addition

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has ordered that the minimum wage of all Executive Branch employees be raised to $13 per hour and for the base salaries of teachers, social workers and other vital government workers to be significantly increased in order to retain and recruit a robust workforce. The salary increases are outlined in an