Upcoming Federal Priorities for Puerto Rico
In this edition of Reading the DC Tea Leaves we present a list of upcoming federal policy issues that CNE will pursue over the coming years.
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In this edition of Reading the DC Tea Leaves we present a list of upcoming federal policy issues that CNE will pursue over the coming years.
Congress should not make U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico wait to receive a fair portion of their daily bread until the next Farm Bill deliberations in 2028. The time for Congress to discharge its legal and moral obligations to Puerto Rico is now.
Now in 2023, the reconstruction and transformation of Puerto Rico’s electric power system is entering a critical stage, as several important processes—PREPA’s operational and financial restructuring; the commencement of large-scale projects to rebuild the grid; and the elaboration of a new Integrated Resource Plan—converge at a key point in time.
Además de los numerosos premios internacionales que han recibido, y las mĂşltiples reseñas, estudios y escritos que se han redactado, la experiencia del Caño se ha discutido como ejemplo en Brasil, España, Sudáfrica y en otras comunidades que enfrentan problemas similares en diversas partes del mundo. Ahora falta que muchos más aquĂ tomen nota y entiendan que, desde el Caño, se está repensando y verdaderamente reconstruyendo el paĂs.
En mayo del año pasado, la Junta de PlanificaciĂłn de Puerto Rico cumpliĂł 80 años de existencia y poco o casi nada se dijo sobre este acontecimiento en un paĂs acostumbrado a festejar y reconocer cualquier cosa que se le venga a la mente a nuestros oficiales pĂşblicos. Lee la columna de Deepak Lamba-Nieves.
Este Apuntes desde Madrid examina algunas tendencias globales sobre la llamada “fuga de mĂ©dicos”; mira las medidas que se han tomado en España (paĂs desde donde escribe la autora), contrasta la situaciĂłn con el sistema vigente en EEUU y examina formas alternativas de organizar los recursos del sistema de salud.
On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosted a hybrid event centered on achieving equitable growth. During the event, Miguel A. Soto-Class, CNE’s President & Founder, discussed the opportunities that arise from natural disasters and associated resiliency efforts to ensure equitable growth.
It has become a bit of an end of year tradition: Congress is scrambling again to enact legislation to keep the federal government open. Unfortunately for the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, Congress is also scrambling to provide additional funding for the island’s Medicaid program and avoid a so-called “Medicaid cliff.”