Puerto Rico’s former governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Carlos Romero Barceló may seem like an unlikely pairing for a joint project.Read More »Former Governors Join Forces for Presidential Campaign
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a new report about the upcoming plebiscite vote in preparation for questions Members of Congress are likely to have as Election Day draws near. The CRS is the research arm of Congress, and the release of this particular report indicates that plebiscite results will be considered by Members of Congress and their staffs in the weeks and months ahead.Read More »CRS Report Prepares Congress for Plebiscite
The group U.S. English has released a poll showing that more than half of Puerto Ricans would vote for statehood if there were a yes/no vote on the question.Read More »U.S. English Poll Shows Bias
We posted an earlier article noting the unfairness of denying Puerto Ricans billions of federal dollars under the premise that Puerto Ricans alone do not pay federal income tax when, in truth, roughly half of the U.S. population is similarly situated.
But that is only one part of the story. Read More »Fairness for Puerto Rico and the “47%” (Part II)
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state officials not to enforce the commonwealth’s new voter ID law in the upcoming election. As a result, Pennsylvania voters will no longer have to produce a photo ID in order to cast a ballot this November.Read More »Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Blocked
“There are forty-seven percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what….These are people who pay no income tax,” said Mitt… Read More »Fairness for Puerto Rico and the “47%”
Alaska endured a long struggle for statehood from the time legislation was first introduced in Congress in 1916 until January 3, 1959, when it became the 49th State.Read More »Alaska’s Long Struggle for Statehood
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced grants to 30 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Unemployment Insurance (UI) program integrity, performance and system improvement projects. As part of the nearly $170 million worth of of awards, Puerto Rico was given a $1.4 million Program Integrity Award to assist in the prevention, detection and recovery of improper UI benefit payments.Read More »U.S. Labor Department Announces $1.4 Million Grant for Puerto Rico
Juan Rafael Torruella del Valle, Sr. is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. A native Puerto Rican, Judge Torruella is frequently sought out for his legal commentary on the treatment of Puerto Rico under the United States Constitution. He is not happy with the failure of U.S. jurisprudence to evolve over the past 100 years.
Judge Torruella was born in San Juan and competed with the Puerto Rican sailing team in the Olympics four times, from 1964 to 1976. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University Law School, Torruella practiced law in Puerto Rico until being appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico by Gerald Ford and then to the First Circuit by Ronald Reagan.Read More »Judge Juan Torruella and the Denial of Equal Rights for Puerto Ricans
