Tag: Puerto Rico

Two crosses and hundreds of shoes in memory of those killed by Hurricane Maria are displayed in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan, Friday, June 1, 2018. Puerto Rico's Institute of Statistics announced that it has sued the U.S. territory's health department and demographic registry seeking to obtain data on the number of deaths following Hurricane Maria as a growing number of critics accuse the government of lacking transparency.

Nearly 3,000 in Puerto Rico died as a result of Hurricane Maria: Report

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2018 4:37 pm

In this Oct. 13, 2017, photo, youths chat at the Ramon Marin Sola Elementary School, which opened its doors as a daytime community center after the passing of Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

Educational opportunity comes to Puerto Rico

Jeanne Allen · August 17, 2018 6:49 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal 2019 budget for the Education Department.

Betsy Devos gives $359 million to assist students displaced by natural disasters, even as prior grant money remains unused

Brooke Conrad · August 15, 2018 3:50 pm

People who lost access to water in the wake of Hurricane Maria gather at pipes carrying water from a mountain creek, on the side of the road in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

Power finally restored to all energy customers in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

Diana Stancy Correll · August 14, 2018 8:22 pm

A woman places one of the hundreds of shoes in memory of those killed by Hurricane Maria in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan.

Puerto Rico government reveals more than 1,400 were killed in Hurricane Maria

Diana Stancy Correll · August 9, 2018 2:19 pm

Rep. Duncan Hunter.

GOP lawmaker pressures Puerto Rico to end push for shipping rules exemption

Pete Kasperowicz · July 26, 2018 7:15 pm

In this July 12, 2018 photo, a laborer from the Puerto Rico Power Authority works to restore power in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's electrical grid is still shaky after Hurricane Irma brushed past the island as a Category 5 storm last Sept. 6 and then Hurricane Maria made a direct hit as a Category 4 storm two weeks later, damaging up to 75 percent of transmission lines.

Energy and Environment

Trump energy official ‘dismayed’ about ‘politically driven’ response to Puerto Rico’s power problems after hurricane

Josh Siegel · July 25, 2018 9:59 pm

U.S. Marshals are searching for Andrew Kristovich, 38, who escaped prison in Oregon.

Puerto Rico’s prison reforms emphasize rehabilitation

erik-y-rolon · July 21, 2018 4:00 am

Fact Check: Is Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan Facing Charges of Over $3 Million in Fraud?

Holmes Lybrand · July 17, 2018 2:21 pm

Noting that Congress is set for recess in the coming days, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a letter Saturday to congressional leaders of both parties: "I implore you to use this critical window of opportunity" to approve emergency funding.

Federal judge says hedge funds can sue over Puerto Rico debt

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2018 2:29 pm

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a press conference with the Central American and Mexican foreign ministers in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

National Security

Kirstjen Nielsen: FEMA reports provide ‘a transformative roadmap’ for the future

Diana Stancy Correll · July 13, 2018 1:48 am

In this May 16, 2018 photo, deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags fly on a roof eight months after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the Barrio Jacana Piedra Blanca area of Yabucoa, a town where many continue without power in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials said 98.86 percent of PREPA's customers had electricity on May 17, but many remain without power as the longest blackout in U.S. history continues.

Puerto Rico’s fossil fuel power plants fared better than solar and wind, say feds

John Siciliano · July 12, 2018 4:06 am