Legislature Week: 2 Measures Passed a Chamber, None Enacted
Nothing in the tracker became law this week, but two measures passed a chamber, led by PC 40 (Law for the Summary Hiring of Healthcare Providers). 23 of the 30…
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Independent Prosecutor's Office Adds Attorney to Investigation of Ex-Officials Domenech and Almodóvar
The Office of the Independent Special Prosecutor Panel (Opfei) has named special independent prosecutor Arcelio Maldonado Avilés as a delegate prosecutor to reinforce the ongoing investigation into former Secretary of…
Resident Commissioner Hernández Opposes Medicare Payment Cut He Says Could Hurt Puerto Rico Health Care
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández, who caucuses with House Democrats, opposed a federal proposal to cut by 50% Medicare payments to doctors for certain evaluations performed the same day as…
Trump Administration Proposes English-Only Teaching Mandate for Head Start, Affecting 25,000 PR Children
The Trump administration's Department of Health, through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), proposed changes to Head Start rules that would require programs to teach children exclusively in English…
House Leaders Question Health Department's Handling of New Contract at Culebra Clinic
House Speaker Carlos "Johnny" Méndez raised serious concerns during a public hearing in Culebra about the process behind hiring HealthProMed to provide medical services at the island municipality's diagnostic and…
Resident Commissioner Hernández Presses ODSEC Over Delays in Low-Income Aid Funds
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández, president of the Popular Democratic Party, sent a letter Tuesday to Keren Riquelme, executive director of Puerto Rico's Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (ODSEC)…
61-Year-Old Man Jailed for Attempted Robbery at Condado Pharmacy
Judge Arelys Ortiz Rivera of the San Juan Tribunal determined there was cause for the arrest of 61-year-old Alberto Juan Esteves Vergne for attempted robbery and possession and use of…
Resident Commissioner Urges Senate to Preserve Puerto Rico Water Infrastructure Projects
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández advocated before leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to preserve Puerto Rico initiatives worth more than $85 million in a water infrastructure…
New General Surgery Unit Opens at Puerto Rico's Adult University Hospital
A new General Surgery Unit was inaugurated Tuesday at the Adult University Hospital within the Centro Médico de Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. The facility spans roughly 13,000 square feet…
San Juan Removes Over 5,000 Junk Vehicles from Its Streets in Five Years
San Juan Mayor Miguel A. Romero reported that between 2021 and 2026, a total of 5,148 abandoned, dilapidated, or junk vehicles have been removed from the municipality's lots and roads…
San Sebastián Struggles to Capture Stray Dogs After Attack on Boy, Mayor Says State Funds Unused
San Sebastián Mayor Eladio 'Layito' Cardona Quiles says the municipality is still trying to capture the pack of stray dogs that attacked 11-year-old Yendriel Díaz López during athletic practice last…
PR Senate bill would fine road-blocking protesters up to $2,500
New Progressive Party Senator Roxanna Soto Aguilú has filed Senate Bill 1445, proposing administrative fines of up to $2,500 and a 90-day automatic driver's license suspension for drivers who intentionally…
Widow of Late Cataño Mayor Announces Bid to Succeed Him
Bethzaida Rodríguez Torres, widow of the late mayor of Cataño, Julio Alicea Vasallo, has decided to run for mayor of the municipality. She said she never had the chance to…
San Juan Airport Receives Diverted Flights After Miami Ground Stop
Three American Airlines flights bound for Miami were diverted to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) in San Juan following an incident involving an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that…
Public Housing Administration Launches Urban Music Talent Initiative
The Public Housing Administration (AVP) has launched an initiative called 'El Sonido de la Calle' to promote urban music talent in public housing residents. The program is open to residents…