As hurricanes put Puerto Rico's government to the test, ... This is like building a network, from the roots, not just coming in and leaving, but creating a nucleus," she says.

Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico, reversing much of the progress made since Hurricane Maria in 2017; yet equitable, sustainable rebuilding and recovery is possible with key federal investments.

After a pair of devastating hurricanes struck Puerto Rico five years apart, residents of the island have come to rely not on government agencies, but each other.

Although the Adjuntas solar network represents about 8% of Puerto Rico’s self-generated energy, Puerto Rico’s legislature in 2019 passed a law committing the U.S. territory to meeting its ...

In December, Congress greenlit $1 billion to "improve the resilience of Puerto Rico's electric grid,” on top of $11.4 billion already committed to the government-owned utility for recovery after ...

In Puerto Rico, government officials have noted that the island's laws and constitution, along with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, protect from discrimination.

LIFT, supported by the Department of Defense, has launched a hands-on drone development initiative in Puerto Rico.

More than 1.6 million people in the U.S. territory identify as being of two or more races, while nearly 230,000 identify solely as Black, according to the U.S. Census.

This momentum is possible because both a majority of all Americans and a majority of Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. mainland, support statehood for Puerto Rico.. On Nov. 6, Sen. Martin Heinrich ...

Ms. González-Ramos, of Homeland Security Investigations, said the federal government was considering reopening a mass detention center in Aguadilla, in northwestern Puerto Rico, which was closed ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate on a bill to explicitly prohibit discrimination against hairstyles such as cornrows and Afros ...

Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate on a bill to explicitly prohibit discrimination against hairstyles such as cornrows and Afros, sparking a heated debate.