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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced a comprehensive support bill for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Tuesday, calculated to cost up to $146 billion.
November 28 -
Puerto Rico’s government announced it would pay its annual Christmas bonus to workers this year.
November 20 -
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Nydia Velázquez called for the Oversight Board to eliminate all of Puerto Rico’s public sector debt.
November 15 -
Two GOP Representatives argued that the Puerto Rico Oversight Board should be given additional powers over the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
November 15 -
Though Federal assistance may have helped lessen the impact of Hurricane Maria, analysts said there are still "plenty of reasons to worry" about the government's ability to function.
November 10 -
The chair of the House committee that oversees Puerto Rico said after Hurricane Maria a "stronger mechanism" is needed to ensure Puerto Rico's recovery.
November 7 -
Creditor groups have come down on both sides of a hedge fund's constitutional attack on the PROMESA oversight board.
November 6 -
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board will discuss revising the commonwealth government’s and its semi-autonomous entities’ fiscal plans Tuesday morning.
October 30 -
Judge Laura Taylor Swain promised to release Wednesday a consensus-based order on the legal status of Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane federal aid.
October 25 -
Creditors are at odds with the island government over the conditions on federal hurricane disaster aid.
October 24 -
The board authorized Kobre & Kim to issue the subpoenas, as long as certain conditions, including the start of a "formal" investigation, had been met.
October 20 -
Municipal bond analysts cite the lack of clarity on the island’s economic future, the level of federal aid after two hurricanes, and the Title III bankruptcy process.
October 17 -
Puerto Rico faces a government shutdown after the end of the month without an infusion of cash.
October 11 -
The bond insurers withdrew their challenge of the island's fiscal plan, citing Hurricane Maria.
October 10 -
Puerto Rico’s debt cannot be canceled by order of the president, restructuring experts and a key congressman said.
October 4 -
Puerto Rico’s general obligation bonds maturing in 2035 have lost a fifth of their value in secondary trading on concern over the economic impact of the storm.
October 3 -
The board says it will postpone any discussion of furloughs until the next fiscal year.
October 2 -
Two key Puerto Rico Oversight Board members met with members of Congress Thursday and Friday.
September 29 -
Puerto Rico's power authority said it may take more than six months to restore electricity and there was a report that the Oversight Board was ready to revise the amount of debt to be paid in the next nine years.
September 27 -
The board approved the reallocation of $1 billion for emergency funding to recover from Hurricane Maria.
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