Tag: Statehood

Puerto Rico statehood is game of chicken between GOP and Democrats

Kerry Picket · March 5, 2021 7:54 pm

Puerto Rico statehood bill gets bipartisan push

Kerry Picket · March 2, 2021 7:08 pm

Puerto Rico governor expects statehood bill to enter House by mid-March

Jake Dima · February 15, 2021 5:27 pm

Puerto Rico swears in pro-statehood governor

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 7:54 pm

Puerto Rican and American flags line the Moscoso bridge in San Juan, P.R., July 5, 1998, symbolically linking the United States and its Spanish-speaking commonwealth.

Puerto Rico narrowly votes in favor of statehood

Nicholas Rowan · November 4, 2020 10:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why Puerto Rico statehood makes much more sense to the public than does DC statehood

Timothy P. Carney · November 3, 2020 3:20 pm

Jennice Fuentes, center, of Power 4 Puerto Rico, speaks outside the White House.

Puerto Rico faces sixth vote on statehood

Nicholas Rowan · October 18, 2020 10:30 am

Puerto Rican and American flags line the Moscoso bridge in San Juan, P.R., July 5, 1998, symbolically linking the United States and its Spanish-speaking commonwealth.

Republicans are getting it wrong on Puerto Rican statehood

Cesar Conda · September 14, 2020 4:45 pm

Flags fly at sunset with 51 instead of the usual 50 stars, along Pennsylvania Ave., part of a display in support of statehood for the District of Columbia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Washington.

51-star American flags displayed in DC in run-up to statehood hearing

Zach Halaschak · September 16, 2019 8:57 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello argued Thursday that things have not gone as smoothly as President Trump has indicated. Aside from the Army Corps of Engineers' failure, he noted that Texas and Florida have been approved for permanent restoration work more quickly than Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns amid leaked chat scandal

Zach Halaschak, Ellie Bufkin · July 25, 2019 4:03 am

Major tourist attractions are trimming back as they grapple with federal budget cuts -- just in time for Washington's busy season. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose DC statehood

John Gage · July 15, 2019 1:58 pm

Montones Beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico, is shown on Wednesday, March 16, 2014.

Bipartisan pair introduces Puerto Rico statehood bill in Congress

Daniel Jativa · March 28, 2019 3:24 pm