On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Lawmakers have been asked to absorb a 7% increase in government medical insurance premiums rather than pass the additional cost to employees and retirees, a move that would add about $9.5 million to the central government’s medical costs in Fiscal Year 2027.
Police are investigating two separate deaths across the territory after 27-year-old Kyle Thomas was found shot to death on Fortuna Beach on St. Thomas and a 16-year-old boy was found unresponsive inside a Lorraine Village apartment on St. Croix.
The Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety will offer a free child car seat inspection on St. Croix Saturday after officials found installation or usage errors in every seat inspected during a similar event on St. Thomas.
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