U.S. Virgin Islands

The authority hopes to have solar and wind provide 30% of the islands' electricity within two years.

The bill's sponsor pointed to board members' need for expertise.

U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. also voiced concern about the EPA closure of an oil refinery in St. Croix.

The authority's issues hamper the USVI economy, Gov. Bryan says in his state of the territory speech.

If the USVI closes the deal, it would mark only the second long-term lease of a U.S.-based airport, after Puerto Rico's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.

The government has reached a settlement with the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.

The authority said it expects production problems and higher costs in the near future.

The financially distressed utility has less than two weeks to find a substitute supplier of 80% of its fuel.

Puerto Rico's employment trends are better than its fellow territory's since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, say Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysts.

With 16 days left to the U.S. House of Representatives' session, a bill to raise the rate languishes in committee.