Borinquen MadeDated notes on Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico news: economy and politics
This desk gathers dated notes on the economy and politics of Puerto Rico, taken from named outlets. It is not the magazine's historical archive. Each note cites its outlet. It is not original reporting.
A dated, sourced desk. Each note names its outlet. It is not original reporting. Figures are those the source published. If sources disagree, both layers are left in place.
PRFAA says Congress is looking for options to avoid the 2027 Medicaid cliff
Gabriella Boffelli puts the match rate at 76 percent and warns that, without an extension, it falls to 55.
OGP confirms the start of payments to Provisional Remedy providers
Orlando Rivera puts about $200 million disbursed to Education and $45 million more under Board custody.
More than 6,000 officers say they did not receive the raise and call a protest
Gabriel Hernández cites $44 million in the budget, $33 for the new scale, and about $11 remaining that do not suffice.
The Supreme Court upholds, 6 to 3, the arbitration clause in solar-panel contracts
Nancy Sierra Lugo's case against Sunrun puts 200,000 distributed-generation systems and at least 30,000 of that company's customers.
Housing cancels CDBG-MIT reconstructions in Villa Esperanza, Toa Alta
Clemente Agosto demands that $219,000 approvals be honored; the program revokes for lack of LUMA service.
Nielsen will stop measuring television and radio audiences in Puerto Rico
Inside Radio places the exit in December; five subscribers remain and, in television, Comscore, iSpot.tv, and VideoAmp.
Providers denounce Education delays in paying Provisional Remedy
APPSSRE says more than 69,000 therapy services are owed and that between August 1 and 10 the debt will equal two months.
Jenniffer González Colón signs Act 143-2026 for shelters through public-private partnerships
The administration measure amends Act 29-2009 to build and operate facilities exclusively for survivors.
Genera PR admits yesterday's outage was its own operational error
Iván Báez says Costa Sur 5 returned at 9:45 p.m. and points at LUMA over the 230 kV line that keeps Costa Sur 6 offline.
The Board asks to pause contracting of new permanent electric generation
El Nuevo Día places the request in questions that must be answered before any award of the RFPs.
Popular earns 32.2 percent more in the second quarter
Popular, Inc. reports $278.2 million in net income; Javier D. Ferrer announces buybacks and a dividend rise to $0.90.
Coal ash confirmed in dredge material deposited next to Cimarrona
Guayama residents demand DRNA remove the material; a Eurofins analysis detects metals associated with AES.
Costa Sur Unit 5 enters service to ease the generation deficit
LUMA puts the gap at about 400 megawatts and about 254 thousand customers without service during the day's shedding.
A measure against discrimination over federal housing vouchers awaits Jenniffer González Colón's signature
Carmelo Ríos's S.B. 679 cites $2,175 million from the R3 program and 66 percent of families that have not managed to buy.
LUMA warns of load shedding and about 254 thousand customers are already without service
Operating reserve sits at minus 308 megawatts; EcoEléctrica 1 and Costa Sur 5 go offline the same day.
Highways will reactivate AutoExpreso fines starting in October
Edwin González Montalvo ties the measure to the Board's Fiscal Plan and to plaza modernization since 2022.
EcoEléctrica 1 goes offline at 11:23 a.m. and worsens the generation deficit
Josué Colón Ortiz says staff is inspecting the unit; LUMA handles restoration as reserve allows.
The court stops the cancellation of Physician Correctional's contract
The Court of First Instance grants a provisional remedy over contract 2024-000-062 and sets a $3 million bond.
Another outage: Central San Juan Unit 6 trips and leaves more than 133 thousand without power
LUMA attributes the shedding to a Genera PR unit; San Juan is the most affected municipality, with more than 46 thousand customers.
Employment falls in June for the first time in five months
DTRH puts a loss of 2,100 adjusted jobs and an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent.