Democrats Urge Pause in Debt Talks
Eight Senate Democrats —including three running for president — and five House of Representatives Democrats have asked the PROMESA Financial Board (FOMB) to halt all… Read More »Democrats Urge Pause in Debt Talks
Eight Senate Democrats —including three running for president — and five House of Representatives Democrats have asked the PROMESA Financial Board (FOMB) to halt all… Read More »Democrats Urge Pause in Debt Talks
The Government of Puerto Rico gave businesses and individuals $20.614 billion in tax breaks during calendar year 2017, a territorial Treasury Department report released over… Read More »Tax Breaks in Puerto Rico Exceeded $20 billion in 2017
Freshman U.S. Representative media sensation Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) issued three “demands’ regarding Puerto Rico’s government debts yesterday. The first was to “audit the debt,” referring… Read More »Ocasio-Cortez Demands Action on Puerto Rico Debt
U.S. House of Representatives Democrats took steps in June towards providing Puerto Rico with $2.2 billion to $4 billion a year in more funding beginning… Read More »Congress to Consider Proposals to Assist Low Income Individuals in Puerto Rico
Pedro Pierluisi (New Progressive Party/NPP) will be sworn in today as Puerto Rico’s Secretary of State — but whether he will have the job and… Read More »Pierluisi Inches Towards Governorship
On June 4, America celebrated the 100th anniversary of Congress’s passage of the 19th Amendment. This is the constitutional amendment that gave voting rights to… Read More »Voting Rights: Woman Suffrage and Puerto Rico Statehood
Earlier today, the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee passed the Territories Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 3631) on a bipartisan basis. Energy and Commerce Committee… Read More »Congressional Subcommittee Passes Bill to help U.S. Territories under Medicaid
A bipartisan agreement among U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee leaders to grant Puerto Rico $12 billion for Medicaid during Federal Fiscal Years… Read More »House Subcommittee to Consider Puerto Rico Medicaid Proposal Tomorrow
Puerto Rico’s most recent plebiscite, held June 11, 2017, had a very clear outcome: 97% of voters chose statehood from the territory’s three status options… Read More »The Vote in Puerto Rico’s June 11 Political Status Plebiscite: Analysis