Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Virgin Islands Free Press

The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane plight has drawn attention to the Jones Act, the 1920 law that compels all maritime commerce between United States ports to be carried on…

John McCarthy December 14, 2017

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE: Virgin Islands’ Debt Is Higher Than Any Other American Territory

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON -- U.S. territories, like states, borrow through financial markets. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the territories' fiscal year 2005-2015 public debt. Puerto Rico's debt grew to…

John McCarthy October 25, 2017