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29 Sep 2017, 8:23 am by Steven Boutwell
By Daniel Stanton On September 28, 2017, President Trump granted a ten day waiver of the Jones Act for the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, in an effort to facilitate the island’s recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 8:23 am by Steven Boutwell
By Daniel Stanton On September 28, 2017, President Trump granted a ten day waiver of the Jones Act for the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, in an effort to facilitate the island’s recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 7:30 am by Ilya Somin
The previously little-known Jones Act has been in the news recently because its restrictions on the use of foreign ships to carry cargo between American ports is making Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria even more difficult than it might be otherwise. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 5:23 am by Gene Takagi
NPR More than a week after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, 97% of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans lack power and many are running out of water and food while federal recovery efforts lag. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
The waiver will lift shipping restrictions to Puerto Rico, enabling the island to receive necessary aid following Hurricane Maria. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 4:41 pm
Trump’s predictably haughty reference to Puerto Rico’s (pre-Hurricane Maria) “broken infrastructure” and “massive debt [or ‘billions of dollars’]” owed to “Wall Street and the banks” should be viewed in the grim light of the country’s colonial and post-imperialist experience. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 4:22 pm by LindaMBeale
National GOP leaders on Wednesday released a 9-page document that they called a tax "framework" (available here on the Washington Post site) describing in vague terms how they intend to cut taxes for the nation's wealthiest people while doing very little that serves the government needs. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 3:39 pm by Patrick S. O'Donnell
Trump’s predictably haughty reference to Puerto Rico’s (pre-Hurricane Maria) “broken infrastructure” and “massive debt [‘billions of dollars’]” owed to “Wall Street and the banks which … must be dealt with,” should be viewed in the grim light of the country’s colonial and post-imperialist experience. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 3:27 pm by Mark Astarita
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing regulatory relief to publicly traded companies, investment companies, accountants, transfer agents, municipal advisors and others affected by Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Maria. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 10:45 am by Jim Walker
  Royal Caribbean announced this week that it is canceling the September 30th cruise of the Adventure of the Seas so it can deploy the cruise ship to help victims of Hurricane Maria in San Juan as well as St. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 10:09 am by David Jensen
Maria Millan at CIRM board meeting today, following her appointment as new president.CIRM photo by Todd DubnicoffOAKLAND, Ca. -- Maria Millan, who joined the California stem cell agency five years ago, this morning was named as president of the $3 billion enterprise as it moves into what may well be its last three years.Millan, who was serving as interim president,  was unanimously approved by the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), as… [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 9:49 am by Pierce Azuma
  On September 28, 2017, President Trump authorized a waiver for all products bound to ports in Puerto Rico to aid in the worsening crisis on the Island following the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 9:49 am by Pierce Azuma
  On September 28, 2017, President Trump authorized a waiver for all products bound to ports in Puerto Rico to aid in the worsening crisis on the Island following the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 7:52 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Luego del paso del huracán María y durante el proceso de restablecimiento de algunos de los servicios básicos como el agua potable y la energía eléctrica, es importante que la ciudadanía tome las debidas precauciones para evitar daños a la salud. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
It’s onerous for Puerto Rico in the best of times and now, in the emergency following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, much worse than that. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 1:17 pm by Jon Brodkin
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) speaks during a town hall at Evergreen High School on July 8, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 9:50 am by skelly
Catastrophe-modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that Hurricane Maria caused up to $85 billion in insured losses. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 5:52 am by Staci Zaretsky
[CNN] * The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security has refused to waive Jones Act shipping restrictions that are preventing Puerto Rico from getting the gasoline and supplies that are so desperately needed for the island's recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. [read post]