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The Rundown: Chicago sues Trump over sanctuary city funding
WBEZ - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Good afternoon! It’s Thursday, and the birthday of baby pygmy hippo sensation Moo Deng. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1. Chicago joined a lawsuit challenging Trump’s funding cutoff to sanctuary cities The lawsuit, filed by 66 cities,...
The Hard Truth Behind New York’s Latino-Led Cannabis Boom
Forbes
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The Happy Munkey team: John Ibonnet, Ramón Reyes, Vladimir Bautista and Omar Ibonnet (L-R).Courtesy of Happy Munkey Some call New York the most inclusive cannabis market in America for Latino entrepreneurs. But behind the licenses and headlines,...
Taste of Chicago 2025: Lineup, vendors, and more for the iconic Chicago festival
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
In less than two months, one of Chicago's beloved festivals is returning to Grant Park, drawing crowds to experience music, food and dance from around the city. Taste of Chicago will take place in Grant Park from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day from...
EPA Awards $1.5 Million in Brownfield Grants in Puerto Rico to Assess and Clean Up Neighborhoods
Environmental Expert
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Zimmetry Environmental provides environmental, health, and safety testing, monitoring, consulting, and training services to identify and mitigate exposure risks to support efforts to revitalize contaminated properties. Bayamon, Puerto Rico, June...
Clair Global Acquires Puerto Rico’s Wichie Sound
Mix
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June 23, 2025
Clair Global has acquired Puerto Rico-based audio services provider Wichie Sound Performance, Inc. (l-r) Clair Global CEO, Troy Clair; Wichie Sound Admin & Accounting, Katherine Varley; Founder and Owner of Wichie Sound, Fernando ‘Wichie’...
Summertime skating at The Roof at Ponce City Market
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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Good Day Atlanta's Paul Milliken headed to The Roof at Ponce City Market on Wednesday to check out SK8 The Roof. ATLANTA, Ga. - It’s all about the '80s in Atlanta this summer — and no, we’re not talking temperatures. The decade of leg-warmers,...
Why Puerto Rico should be your next food destination
AOL
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Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after Hurricane Maria. “Teaching people how to grow food, for us, that’s a rebel act,” says Efrén David Robles, owner of small, family-run farm Frutos Del Guacabo....
Puerto Rico Allows Non-Lawyer Ownership Of Law Firms
Above the Law
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June 19, 2025
I wrote yesterday about the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s adoption of the duty of technology competence, done as part of its promulgation of new rules of professional conduct to replace a code of ethics that had governed lawyers’ professional...
Puerto Rico's economy is shrinking while the rest of Latin America is growing
The Weekly Journal
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June 19, 2025
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest analysis of projected growth rates for the largest economies in Central America and the Caribbean in 2025 revealed that the island is in negative territory, projected at -0.8%. This contraction...
Kimberly Guilfoyle Gets Unexpected Trump Family Support at Confirmation Hearing
The Daily Beast
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July 10, 2025
Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.’s dating days are done, but she appears to have left a lasting impression on at least one of the president’s grandkids. Donald “Donnie” Trump III, 16, trekked to Washington and sat behind Guilfoyle at her...
CUNY suspends student activist leader, fires four faculty members in escalation of repression against Palestine activism
Mondoweiss
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July 10, 2025
In a move that activists are saying is an attempt to quell the passionate student and worker movement for Palestinian liberation within the City University of New York (CUNY), student organizer Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik has been suspended for a year....
"Puerto Rico: America’s Pharma Powerhouse with Global Ambitions"
Biospectrum Asia
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June 17, 2025
"Puerto Rico: America’s Pharma Powerhouse with Global Ambitions" June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News | By Ankit Kankar | ankit.kankar@mmactiv.com Ella Woger-Nieves, CEO of Invest Puerto Rico, highlights the island’s growing role in reshoring U.S....
Conflicting Predictions on Puerto Rico’s Economy
Puerto Rico Report
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June 23, 2025
In general, Puerto Rico’s economy is stronger than those of its neighboring island countries, but this year, the International Monetary Fund is predicting negative growth for the Island’s GDP in spite of growth elsewhere in the region. The GDP in...
Puerto Rico Independence Fantasies
PR51st
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June 18, 2025
Javier Hernandez wrote a piece for The Hill titled “Puerto Rico doesn’t need reshoring — it needs independence” which presents a vision of independence for Puerto Rico. Hernandez, who is a well-known advocate for independence, spends most of the...
Six key trends emerging from Cannes Lions 2025
The Media Online
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July 10, 2025
This year, the creativity on display was truly global, with first-time grand prix wins for Puerto Rico and the Czech Republic, plus a first time Lion for Uruguay, while Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Mongolia joined the...
Puerto Rico’s energy rates exceed US average by over 90%, COLI shows
News is My Business
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June 18, 2025
The data, part of the Cost-of-Living Index for January through March, places the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas Metropolitan Statistical Area fifth in the U.S. for public utility costs, with an index of 161. (Credit: Kyolshin | Dreamstime.com) Puerto...
Upper Colorado River Basin recoups lost federal funding
The Colorado Sun
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July 10, 2025
The Upper Colorado River Basin gets $4 million back for Kawuneeche Valley restoration The East Troublesome fire, the second largest in Colorado history, which burned through Rocky Mountain National Park in 2020. (Handout from Rocky Mountain...
Puerto Rico HR execs adjust compliance strategies after EO 14173 shift
News is My Business
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June 18, 2025
Employees collaborate on strategic planning as companies reassess diversity and compliance priorities in the wake of federal policy shifts. (Credit: Kawee Wateesatogkij | Dreamstime.com) As a human resources (HR) professional, the implementation...
48-Hours In Puerto Rico: A Weekend Girl’s Getaway Guide
Black America Web
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June 23, 2025
Source: Keyaira Kelly / @KeyairaKelly Today is the solstice, the longest day of the year, and the astrological holiday that marks a new cycle of summer. With the changing temperatures comes a deep, soul-longing for browner skin, the sound of...
Senate passes 'big beautiful bill,' expands tax-exempt financing to spaceports
The Bond Buyer - New York
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July 1, 2025
Vice President JD Vance, center, departs after breaking a tie to pass Donald Trump's $3.3 trillion tax and spending cut bill Tuesday after a furious push by Republican leaders to persuade holdouts to back the legislation.Bloomberg News The...