All posts tagged "Puerto Rico Legislature"

• 
  San Juan mayor: The fiscal board must disappear

  Requests that the legislature define the payment of pensions, education, safety and healthcare as essential services

  • Posted October 3, 2019
• 
  Justice secretary: New Puerto Rico Government Act does not violate Constitution

  Vázquez says measure does not encroach on powers of Legislature to approve laws, but rather recognizes its faculty to study Reorganization Plan and decide whether to approve it

  • Posted November 15, 2017
• 
  Puerto Rico lawmakers still have reservations about medicinal cannabis

  SAN JUAN – Although Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s Plan for Puerto Rico includes a law to regulate the medicinal cannabis industry, at least one New Progressive Party (NPP) senator has opposed the bill, and nine other majority legislators...

  • Posted March 30, 2017
• 
  Lack of Attendance Derails House Special Session

  Nine majority representatives were absent Wednesday.

  • Posted December 23, 2016
• 
  Proposed Civil Code Brings Puerto Rico into the Modern Age

  SAN JUAN – Reducing the age of majority from 21 to 18; regulating parentage issues arising from the use of donor sperm or ovum or surrogate mothers; elimination of the causes of divorce in favor of no-fault divorce;...

  • Posted November 23, 2016
• 
  Aponte Hernández Requests to Certify Fund Availability Before Law Approval

  NPP Representative wants the Senate to consider House Bill 3001 for approval

  • Posted July 14, 2016
• 
  Legislature Moves Forward on Pending Confirmation Hearings

  Hearings scheduled for Sec. of State Suárez, Supreme Court nominee Colón

  • Posted June 16, 2016
• 
  Puerto Rico Debt Payments Almost 20% of Next Year’s Budget

  By contrast, in the current fiscal year, debt service is 12% of the $9.5-billion budget

  • Posted June 8, 2016
• 
  Retailers Claim Legislature Hides Additional Tax in Pro-Recycling Bill

  House Bill 2141 seeks to impose a five-cent deposit to consumers every time they purchase a bottled beverage, to be refunded once the bottle is returned for recycling

  • Posted May 11, 2016