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Wed Apr 17

A political stalemate over Puerto Rican aid is leaving all US disaster funding in limbo

Written by Lauren Lluveras, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin

Three-year-old Ailianie Hernandez waits with her mother, Julianna Ageljo, to apply for Puerto Rico's nutritional assistance program.(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti

Senate Democrats recently blocked US$13.5 billion in relief for Americans whose lives were disrupted by hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, flooding and other natural disasters. The objections had...

A political stalemate over Puerto Rican aid is leaving all US disaster funding in limbo

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