Puerto Rico

The gain was led by a 53% jump in revenue from the Act 154 excise tax, which is due to be phased out.

The proposed change would create a hurricane reconstruction coordinator. an audit of the island’s debt, and federal funding for the Oversight Board.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Puerto Rico will have to look for an alternative to the Act 154 tax.

Lawyers say relations between the governor and the Oversight Board have improved with the new governor.

Two contracts worth $1.8 billion were improperly awarded to Cobra for its work restoring electricity, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Bond insurers National and Syncora agreed to back the Puerto Rico utility's restructuring plan, bringing support to more than 90%.

The unsecured creditors want to prevent GDB successors from making $578 million of claims against central government.

The mediation, initiated six weeks ago to resolve disputes over almost $25 billion of bonds, has yet to address the core issue of legality of some of the debt, according to a bondholder familiar with the process.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board may have a stronger case to declare bonds invalid than the Illinois litigants did.

U.S. Court of Claims Judge Richard Hertling said Tuesday he would issue the stay because he expects key rulings by the Supreme Court and an appellate court.