FEMA Assigns $18.5 million for Hurricane Recovery ProjectsApproximately $18.5 million in additional FEMA funds have been assigned to Puerto Rico to be used in 115 recovery and reconstruction projects. Of these, some $6 million are aimed […]
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Puerto Rico Infrastructure Given a Near-failing GradeIn its first evaluation of the Island’s bridges, roads, energy generation, and other elements, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Puerto Rico’s infrastructure a grade of D- on […]
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Census Bureau: Puerto Rican Salaries are Far Below those of the Poorest State Puerto Rico is currently the U.S. jurisdiction with the highest level of social inequality. The median salary for a full-time worker in […]
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Second session of Congressional hearings Today, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 2:00 P.M., in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a two-panel legislative hearing on a […]
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HUD Officials Admit Agency Intentionally Missed Deadline Regarding Funds for Puerto Rico Speaking at a House hearing last week, two top officials for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Irv Dennis, the agency’s […]
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Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court to Address Issues Critical to Puerto Rico Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the dispute regarding the validity of the manner in which members of the Financial […]
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Puerto Rican Government Spends $20.6 billion in Tax Credits For the first time, the Puerto Rico Treasury Department has published a Budget Expenditures Report, (IGT, in Spanish) outlining the costs associated with tax credits, […]
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U.S. LAWMAKERS PLEASED WITH PUERTO RICO GOVERNMENT’S NEW DIRECTION, STATES GOVERNOR After a week spent meeting with various officials from the U.S. executive and legislative branches, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced indicated that she […]
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GOVERNOR TO MEET WITH LAWMAKERS AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez will spend most of this week in Washington D.C. “This week I will meet with members of Congress and […]
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ANTI-ROSSELLÓ PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR RESIGNATION CLIMAX IN UNPRECEDENTED MARCH Puerto Ricans’ anger at the two scandals currently surrounding Governor Ricardo Rosselló—the first: the now internationally infamous Telegram group chat in which the Governor and other […]