Puerto Rico

Only $14.9 billion has been disbursed out of the $48.35 billion allocated by Congress since Hurricane Maria.

The index increased in comparison to figures from a year and month earlier.

While the aid is for repairs following 2017's Hurricane Maria, some are particularly welcoming it now after earthquakes have shaken the southwest for two weeks.

The announcement Monday involved last March’s ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals on the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s special revenue bonds.

Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the specialists to aid the commonwealth in rebuilding.

The bondholders appeal to the U.S. First Circuit Court in Boston.

Moody's says handling electrical demand will be a challenge for the island.

Swain allowed ERS bondholders' other lines of argument to continue.

On Monday there was a magnitude 5.7 earthquake Monday and Tuesday a 6.4 earthquake was followed by a 5.6 earthquake and multiple smaller aftershocks.

The Census Bureau’s 3,193,694 estimate for July 1 is 2.6% higher than the Oversight Board predicted for the date in its May 2019 fiscal plan.