On April 10, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello Nevares provided a second monthly report to the U.S. Congress on the development of a recovery plan… Read More »Governor Reports to Congress on Recovery Plan
On December 18, 2017, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) detailing her requests for… Read More »Disaster Relief Funding for Puerto Rico Remains Elusive
Some Puerto Rico leaders are claiming unfair treatment for Puerto Rico in the new tax bill. Fully understanding the situation, however, requires us to remember the… Read More »Corporate Tax Reform and Puerto Rico
Almost 60 Democratic Member of Congress sent a letter last week to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and U.S. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)… Read More »Congressional Democrats Ask for Medical Support for Puerto Rico
A popular tax credit fully available to U.S. citizens living in the fifty states was expanded in the Federal tax overhaul proposal introduced in the… Read More »Popular Tax Credit Excluded from House Package, Corporate Changes Included
Governor Rosselló sent a letter to Congressional leadership yesterday requesting action to address the growing crisis in Puerto Rico’s healthcare system. The letter was addressed to Senate… Read More »Governor Rosselló Requests Action on Medicaid and Medicare from Congress
The Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board “is actively working to assess how” the 10-year fiscal adjustment plans for the Government of Puerto Rico… Read More »Board Seeks New Fiscal Plans in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
On Wednesday October 11, 2017, House Republicans held a media availability event where they addressed the disaster relief legislation that is expected to pass today.… Read More »House Republicans Express the Need to Pass Disaster Relief Legislation
On October 3, 2017, the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) sent a letter to Mitchell McConnell, Majority Leader of the Senate, Paul… Read More »Financial Oversight and Management Board Requests Maximum Assistance from Congress
