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In 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act. It did not pass the United States Senate. [2] In August 2024, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court dismissed the July 2024 petition by the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) asking the State Election Commission (CEE) to halt the status referendum. [3] [4]
The Capitol of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitolio de Puerto Rico), also known as Casa de las Leyes (House of Laws), and most commonly referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is the seat of the Legislative Assembly, or the bicameral legislature, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, responsible for the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.
The 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico will meet from January 2, 2021, to January 1, 2025. Members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico were elected in the 2020 House of Representatives election , while members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico were elected the same day in the Senate election .
Puerto Rico’s capital is renowned for its all-night partying, but a new municipal code is expected to change that. San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero on Tuesday signed a new measure to prohibit ...
A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.3 million people in the dark as they were preparing to celebrate New Year’s. The outage hit the US territory at dawn ...
Puerto Rico’s government on Thursday signed a multimillion-dollar contract with a Texas-based company to build a marina for mega yachts in the capital of the U.S. territory. Currently, two docks ...
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections, [1] [2] electing the governor, resident commissioner and members of the House of Representatives and Senate. A non-binding status referendum and a straw poll for the 2024 United States presidential election were held. [3]
After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers. About 1.4 million ...