News Puerto Rico Government: Puerto Rico: Increased federal control is not the solution
When Puerto Rico’s fiscal oversight board was first ... a process that the U.S. government claimed was unnecessary in the case of “territorial officers.” Some claim that the Board is ...
News Puerto Rico Government: Puerto Rico to demolish 16K structures damaged by Maria
Puerto Rico's government says it plans to demolish 16,000 structures that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago. Officials said Tuesday that they expect to obtain a total of ...
News Puerto Rico Government: Puerto Rico bank official ordered to resign, faces probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico officials on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of the president of the island's Economic Development Bank who also serves as secretary of the Housing Financing Authority.
News Puerto Rico Government: Puerto Rico oversight board loses bid to extend claims filing deadline
the latest hurdle for its plan to recoup billions of dollars paid to bondholders of potentially invalid debt issued by the island’s government. Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is hearing Puerto Rico’s ...
News Puerto Rico Government: In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school graduates who want to go to college
The Puerto Rico rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include. Fifty-one percent of ...
News Puerto Rico Government: Head of FEMA Sides With Republicans on Puerto Rico Aid
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency sided with Republicans in a bitter congressional dispute over the right amount of government assistance for rebuilding Puerto Rico, saying it wouldn ...
