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This enhanced satellite image made available by the NOAA GOES Project shows Irma, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. In the wake of Harvey, meteorologists are already looking warily at another system: Hurricane Irma, which intensified from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just 30 hours, is steadily moving west across the Atlantic. It's still several days away from the nearest land just south of Puerto Rico. (NASA/NOAA via AP)
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FEMA turning its focus toward Hurricane Irma while helping with Harvey recovery

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Puerto Rico is undergoing a steady transformation that involves government right-sizing, reductions in public spending, a trimming of the number of political appointees, and a reformation of permitting processes. The government, led by new Governor Ricardo Rosselló, is also working on tax and energy reforms. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
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Partnerships are paving a new path for Puerto Rico

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Ricardo Rossello, governor of Puerto Rico, is interviewed at the governor's official residence (La Fortaleza) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 28. Puerto Rico's economy has been contracting for a decade. Last year, almost 65,000 residents left the island, keeping pace with the previous two years, when the exodus reached the worst since at least the 1980s. (Alejandro Granadillo/Bloomberg)
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Gov. Ricardo Rossello wants to put Puerto Rico on Congress’ agenda

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Almost any decision made by the PROMESA Oversight Board will have larger effects than just the situation in Puerto Rico. (Flickr/Popeye)
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Don’t be Wimpy: The Puerto Rico oversight board must stand up to cronyism

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Because Puerto Rico's bonds have been tax exempt since 1917, American investors have flocked to them, so this case puts billions of dollars at risk. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Bailout for Puerto Rico power authority could be a bad deal for other creditors

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Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello appointed three officials on Monday to the island's Democracy Commission, which is tasked with lobbying Congress to move on its statehood request. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Puerto Rico officials will lobby Congress for statehood

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Ricardo Rossello, governor of Puerto Rico, is downplaying the island's debt crisis as he makes his pitch for U.S. statehood, and says that not only does the island territory have a plan to service its debt. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Economy

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello downplays debt crisis as it tries for statehood

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Puerto Rico’s governor: ‘False narrative’ that Trump would block statehood
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Puerto Rico’s governor: ‘False narrative’ that Trump would block statehood

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Will Illinois Need a Federal Bailout?

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Rossello has also prepared for Puerto Rico's representation in Congress, should the U.S. ever approve it. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Puerto Rico prepares to sell Congress on statehood

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