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January 9, 2023: The 35th Legislature begins. January 23, 2023: Governor Bryan delivered his Fifth State of the Territory Address. April 14, 2023: Senate confirmed acting Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs to the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court. April 14, 2023: Senate voted to adopt Juneteenth making the Virgin Islands the first U ...
Bryan was born on the island of St. Thomas, to Albert Sr. and Genevieve (Pilgrim) Bryan, the oldest of five sons. He grew up in the Savan neighborhood of Charlotte Amalie, the territory's capital. As a teenager, Bryan moved to St. Croix, where he graduated from St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School in 1985. Bryan earned his Bachelor of Arts in ...
Running mate: Osbert Potter, former Virgin Islands Senator, former Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs and former television show host ("Behind the Headlines" on WTJX-TV). [7] Soraya Diase Coffelt, former Territorial Court Judge [8] Mona Barnes, first female State Command Sergeant Major of the Virgin Islands [4] Running mate: Wendy Coram
Education. New York City College of Technology. University of the Virgin Islands. Harvard University (MPA) Kenneth Ezra Mapp (born November 2, 1955) is an American politician who served as the eighth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, from 2015 to 2019. He is registered Republican, [1] but ran as an independent.
Melvin Herbert Evans was the first elected governor. The following is a list of governors of the United States Virgin Islands. For governors of the territory that is now the U.S. Virgin Islands prior to United States administration (while it was ruled by Denmark as the Danish West Indies), see List of governors of the Danish West Indies.
Saint Croix senators. Senator Novelle Francis Vice President-Secretary for Intergovernmental and Territorial Affairs (Democrat) Senator Kurt Vialet (Democrat) Senator Javan James Sr. (Independent) Senator Franklin Johnson (Independent) Senator Genevieve Whitaker (Democrat) Senator Samuel Carrión (Independent) Senator Kenneth L Gittens ...
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The legislature meets in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
In December 2014, USVI's unicameral Legislature voted 14–0 to override Governor John P. DeJongh's line-item veto of cannabis decriminalization from the territory's 2015 budget. Penalties for possession of one ounce (28 g) of cannabis or less were reduced from a year in jail and $5,000 fine to a civil offense punishable by a fine of $100 ...