Here is the latest opinion piece from Javier Ortiz, a statehood advocate. As Puerto Rico stands on the precipice of potential statehood, it is imperative to align its fiscal policies with those of ...

Puerto Rico is a United States colony ... as it requires a significant majority to pass any statehood bill. Nonetheless, the momentum behind statehood continues to grow, with both local leaders ...

long-lasting reform for Puerto Rico. The bill also respects the priority of legal claims and rejects outright an amendment to Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code from which the territories were ...

New York Congressman Ritchie Torres joined the Yahoo Finance Live panel to talk the new Puerto Rico statehood bill, in addition to President Biden signing the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.

a member of Puerto Rico’s pro-commonwealth Popular Democratic Party (Partido Popular Democrático) who opposes statehood. And unlike climate hawks in the Democratic Party, Hernández doesn’t ...

Last November, in a historic referendum vote, the U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico sent Congress a clear message that they are calling for statehood, for admission into the Union, and for full voting ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional generation to fall back on days ...

Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout as residents prepare for Easter weekend An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory ...