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WTJX NEWSFEED: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Photo description: Lawmakers speak during a Regular Legislative Session at the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall on Wednesday, where they voted to rescind the salary increases for Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach and other senior government officials.
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Photo description: Lawmakers speak during a Regular Legislative Session at the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall on Wednesday, where they voted to rescind the salary increases for Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach and other senior government officials.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The standoff between the legislature and Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. came to a head, with lawmakers voting to rescind the salary raises that have sparked public outrage. The territory marks its 14th homicide of the year, after 38-year-old Jordan Jones, a popular comedian known by the name Dutty Heart, was shot and killed in broad daylight on the Christiansted boardwalk today. We speak with John Engerman, the executive producer of the ChattaBox VI Comedy Series, about Jones’ impact on the territory’s comedy landscape. And the University of the Virgin Islands receives a state-of-the-art aquaponics facility. Listen to these stories and more.

Isabelle Teare is a new member of the WTJX team. She is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Raised on the island of St. Thomas since the age of seven, Isabelle attended and graduated from Antilles School before moving to Washington, D.C. where she earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies. Originally planning on pursuing a career in the law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before making the decision to pursue her passion for storytelling.
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