Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A street is dark during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island prepared for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread ...

Voters rejected the idea in 1967,1993, and 1998. Although the island is in critical condition, many residents believe that if Puerto Rico does become a state, its economic crisis will subside and the ...

Since 1917, lenders to Puerto Rico have been exempt from local, state, and federal taxes—the so-called triple tax exemption—effectively boosting their profits and making the island a more ...

KISSIMMEE IS GROWING WITH A LARGE POPULATION COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORING ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO AND KISSIMMEE’S NEW MAYOR, JACKIE ESPINOSA, SAYS SHE’S MAKING CHANGES TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP.

Puerto Rico was once again plunged into darkness by the latest failure of its troubled power grid on Tuesday. Power went out across the territory starting at 5:30 a.m. according to LUMA Energy ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon waves alongside her husband Jose Yovin Vargas during her swearing-in ceremony as ...

Like other governors of the pro-statehood party, González has said she would push for Puerto Rico to become the 51st state, but such a change would require approval from U.S. Congress and the U.S ...

FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File) ...

of Houston, to serve its electricity customers in cooperation with the state power authority. It began operating in Puerto Rico in 2021. Power outages are still a frustratingly frequent occurrence ...

“ The executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall be elected by direct vote in each general election. [3] ” ...

When Jenniffer Gonzalez takes over as Puerto Rico governor on Thursday she will have to navigate one of the biggest energy messes in the US. Her solution: Embrace fossil fuels. Gonzalez ...