Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader and Popular Democratic Party (PPD) gubernatorial nomination hopeful Eduardo Bhatia yesterday proposed amending the territory’s constitution to require that any… Read More »Bhatia Proposes Amending Puerto Rico Constitution
The Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico hosted a presentation on Capitol Hill earlier this month entitled, “A Future of Child Poverty in Puerto Rico:… Read More »Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico Presents Proposals to Combat Child Poverty
The debt reduction agreement for Puerto Rico’s General Obligation (GO) bonds released by the PROMESA Financial Board just before press time for many newspapers last… Read More »Board Split, Governor Opposed to New GO Deal
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives brushed aside a veto threat from President Trump and passed a $21 billion plus spending bill prompted by… Read More »House Passes Emergency Spending and Tax Bill for Puerto Rico
A number of tax benefits for Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories have been added to the Puerto Rico earthquakes assistance bill that the… Read More »Puerto Rico Tax Proposals Added to Earthquake Disaster Relief Bill
U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Lowey (D-NY) last night proposed a bill to appropriate $4.67 billion in special disaster assistance for Puerto Rico. The bill… Read More »House Democrats Unveil New Disaster Assistance Proposal
The Trump Administration does not see a need for new appropriations for assistance to Puerto Rico to cope with the damaging earthquakes that began December… Read More »Additional Emergency Spending for Puerto Rico in Doubt
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has won a significant court victory in a dozen year effort to have Microsoft pay taxes on at least $39… Read More »Judge Rules Microsoft Owes Taxes on Income Shifted to Puerto Rico; Bankrupt Territory Denied Resources
Flanked by fellow U.S. House of Representatives Members from both national parties, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R/New Progressive Party) Saturday said that she… Read More »Gonzalez-Colon Leads Bipartisan Response to Earthquakes
