Puerto Rico receives much less federal healthcare assistance as a territory than it would as a state. Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner and other members of… Read More »Policy Center Says Medicaid Funding Critical to Remedying Puerto Rico’s Budgetary and Economic Problems.
Puerto Rico does not have equal access to tax credits designed to support low income working families, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and the… Read More »Economists Say Extending Tax Credits to Puerto Rico Would Stimulate Economy
The Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico, which was created under a mandate from the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA),… Read More »Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico Releases Status Update
An anonymous draft of a bill for Puerto Rico independence has been circulating in social media. This draft has never been introduced into Congress and… Read More »What Would Independence for Puerto Rico Look Like?
Congressman José E. Serrano made public his recommendations to the PROMESA-mandated Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico. Describing himself as “the most senior… Read More »Rep. José E. Serrano Affirms: Puerto Rico’s Economic Situation Cannot be Resolved until Political Status Question is Answered
As PROMESA moved through the legislative process, one of the challenges facing bill drafters was the lack of reliable data on Puerto Rico. At the Senate Judiciary Committee… Read More »Economists Cite Need for Reliable Economic Data to Achieve Recovery in Puerto Rico
An editorial in Puerto Rico’s main local newspaper, El Nuevo Dia makes some strong points about Puerto Rico’s status. While some commenters have suggested that… Read More »The Need for Status Resolution
Only residents of Puerto Rico were eligible to vote in the November 2012 referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status. Only residents of Puerto Rico will… Read More »An Issue for All Americans
The Obama administration is expected to announce at 4:00 pm today the seven appointees to the PROMESA fiscal oversight board, according to Bloomberg news and other sources.… Read More »PROMESA Board Members Announced
