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Residents have decried the "aggressiveness" of immigration raids in a U.S. territory without permanent detention centers and ...
On Friday, Federal Judge María Antongiorgi-Jordán ruled that Puerto Rico’s current birth certificate policy “is not supported by a rational basis, and therefore violates the Equal Protection ...
Advocates are asking for policy changes as they commemorate the 6th anniversary of Hurricane Maria that killed more than 3,000 people. Power 4 Puerto Rico, which is a coalition composed of ...
Puerto Rico's upcoming gubernatorial and legislative elections may lead to a new governor but aren't likely to change local policy significantly, observers say. At this stage, the main drama seems ...
Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has reached a decision to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates. The action was brought about by six non-binary ...
Puerto Rico’s economy boomed in the ... coupled with, you know, climate change, and the need to ... Others propose that Congress change territory-specific policies that disadvantage Puerto Rico.
As Puerto Rico works very slowly to restore power to the roughly 80% of the island that remains in the dark after getting smacked from Hurricane Fiona, it’s worth remembering that the “… ...
Changes to Puerto Rico’s tax code since 2012 have reduced corporate tax rates to just 4 percent, ... the U.S.-imposed population-control policies, starting in the 1930s, ...
According to a survey done by the NOOA in 2006, Puerto Rico has an estimated 700 miles of coastline (1,126 kilometers). “Our last project will conclude in April 2026, and I’m unsure where I ...
Puerto Rico is suing the oil industry for at least $1 billion, joining a list of nine states and dozens of municipalities taking legal action against oil companies for their alleged role in ...
Hurricane Maria knocked out power to Puerto Rico, causing the largest blackout in U.S. history and second-largest in the world, according to the Rhodium Group, a policy analysis firm.