Who Can Vote in the 2020 Plebiscite?
The next Puerto Rico status vote will take place during the general election in November 2020. The U.S. citizens who are registered to vote in… Read More »Who Can Vote in the 2020 Plebiscite?
The next Puerto Rico status vote will take place during the general election in November 2020. The U.S. citizens who are registered to vote in… Read More »Who Can Vote in the 2020 Plebiscite?
The Puerto Rico Statehood Commission went to Washington to put the Tennessee Plan into operation. The seven members of the Commission: Former Governor Carlos Romero… Read More »Puerto Rico Statehood Commission Demands Seats in Congress
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello is committed to making Puerto Rico statehood a reality, now that 97% of Puerto Rico voters have chosen statehood in… Read More »The Puerto Rico Statehood Commission
Back in 1796, the Territory of Tennessee decided that Congress was moving too slowly on granting them statehood. In a plebiscite, 73% of the voters… Read More »Puerto Rico Moves on Tennessee Plan
The Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing today to examine Puerto Rico’s political status… Read More »Witnesses at Congressional Hearing Argue That Puerto Rico Status Harms Island Economy
The witness list for the Wednesday, June 24th, hearing before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Native Alaskan Affairs has been released.… Read More »Witnesses Announced for Upcoming Congressional Hearing on Puerto Rico Status
Key ‘commonwealthers’ have launched another initiative to cut Federal taxes on income that companies in the States receive from manufacturing in Puerto Rico. They are… Read More »New “Commonwealth” Pitch to Cut U.S. Taxation of Companies from the States
Drilling under the ocean south of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico may produce a substantial amount of crude oil and natural gas, a new… Read More »“Technically Recoverable” Oil and Gas Believed South of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s statehood party leadership yesterday agreed to seek Federal legislation to make the territory a State. The legislation will be sponsored next month by… Read More »Statehooders Want Statehood Bill to Implement Obama Status Vote Plan