A continuing resolution has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, setting Congress on a path to avert a scheduled government shutdown on September 30 by… Read More »Puerto Rico Medicaid Match Included in Continuing Resolution
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
Although she has said that statehood is not a priority for her government, Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced has also said that she favors statehood and… Read More »Governor Vazquez Calls for “Yes or No” Referendum
The Pew Research Center has released a new data analysis on people of Puerto Rican origin in the States. Their analysis of data from 2017… Read More »Pew Analyzes Data on Puerto Ricans in the States
Economic development is a top priority for Puerto Rico. Often discussions of economic development in Puerto Rico focus on tax incentives designed to lure multinational… Read More »Entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico
YouGov found, back in 2016, that more than half of the Americans they surveyed didn’t know that Puerto Ricans are citizens. At that time, those… Read More »YouGov Poll Finds Most Americans Favor Statehood for Puerto Rico
Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, born in Morovis, Puerto Rico, became the 19th American casualty in Afghanistan this year when he died in a Taliban suicide bombing.… Read More »Death of Elis A. Barreto Ortiz Derails Taliban Talks
On September 26, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on funding of up to $950 million for internet connectivity in Puerto Rico and the… Read More »FCC to Vote on Subsidies for Territories
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
