All posts tagged "Washington"

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  Puerto Rico Senate to open Washington office next week

  The budget for operating the Federal, Social and Economic Affairs Office is not yet known

  • Posted April 9, 2018
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  Puerto Rico House Speaker to seek federal aid for Vieques

  To foster job creation and economic activity on the island-municipality

  • Posted December 28, 2017
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  Puerto Rico Farmers Association requests unused USDA funds for dairies

  Nearly 100 days after Hurricane Maria, 60% of dairy farms running with generator, tripling costs

  • Posted December 28, 2017
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  Puerto Rico House speaker to lobby for island to be considered domestic in US tax reform

  Assures that if island remains a foreign jurisdiction, up to 250,000 jobs could be lost

  • Posted December 4, 2017
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  Puerto Rico gov’t, private sector unite to lobby Congress on tax reform

  Governor says congressional tax plans change game; island must be treated as US jurisdiction to remain competitive

  • Posted November 28, 2017
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  Governor, Frente por Puerto Rico off to US capital

  To lobby for additional recovery funding, inclusion in tax reform

  • Posted October 31, 2017
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  Puerto Rico gov’t says it won’t contract Whitefish again

  Governor says he trusts utility director's work; Prepa board accepts special outside coordinator

  • Posted October 30, 2017
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  US trade deficit narrows to $42.4 billion in August

  The Commerce Department said Thursday that the trade gap fell in August from $43.6 billion in July.

  • Posted October 5, 2017
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  Pro-pot activists plan to hand out joints outside Capitol

  WASHINGTON  — Advocates for legalized pot plan to hand out free joints to Congressional staffers and reporters who work on Capitol Hill. The action scheduled for Thursday afternoon is intended as a protest against federal interference with...

  • Posted April 20, 2017
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  Trump’s ambassador pick is well-known figure in West Bank

  Friedman is a major donor to Beit El and serves as the president of the American Friends of Beit El Yeshiva, the U.S. fundraising arm of the settlement's Jewish seminary and affiliated institutions

  • Posted February 16, 2017