Friday, September 25, 2026
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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. Listen to these stories and more. Pictured: Beverly Joseph, chairperson of the Government Employees Service Commission Health Insurance Board of Trustees, seated in pink fourth from left, testifies alongside insurance and government representatives during Thursday’s Committee of the Whole hearing on proposed Fiscal Year 2027 insurance renewals. Source: Legislature of the Virgin Islands
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