BREAKING: Puerto Rico Released From Bankruptcy as Economic Problems Persist
A federal judge approved the largest-ever restructuring of U.S. municipal bonds, easing the island’s re-entry to capital markets, reports @AndrewScurriawsj.com/articles/puert…
To be clear: the commonwealth of Puerto Rico is now OUT of bankruptcy.
There are chunks within the government that remain in bankruptcy, such as Prepa, the power company.
Statement from @Pwr4PuertoRico which states that it is “a coalition of diaspora leaders and allied organizations that works in Washington and throughout the nation to pressure for policy changes that will help Puerto Rico and its displaced families.”
Correction: To be clear: the commonwealth of Puerto Rico is NOT OUT of bankruptcy.
There are chunks within the government that remain in bankruptcy, such as Prepa, the power company.
Previous tweet said Puerto Rico is now out of bankruptcy. Now was supposed to read NOT.
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Public school officials in Page County, Virginia say they’ve increased security at school today, & will on Monday, after Amelia King told the school board, last night, “no mask mandate” then threatened: “I will bring every single gun loaded & ready to…I’ll see y’all on Monday.”
The school district released a statement this morning saying that the Luray, Virginia police chief is investigating…”
King started her remarks saying: “I typically come to these meetings with a written statement. I like to sound educated, & when I go off the cuff I get really passionate.
I’m not always able to say exactly what I want to say in the appropriate way…” Watch:
“My whole life just flashed before my eyes” Reporter gets hit by a car on live TV, after which she says it’s her last week on the job.
She says: “I actually by a car in college just like that, too.” 😳
It appears the reporter, @toriyorgeytv, was running her own live shot, being both reporter & videographer, which is dangerous.
Nobody’s watching your back.
Good news: She got a job in Pittsburgh. I hope she doesn’t have to run her own live shots. post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/20…
Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
“‘Brookside is a poster child for policing for profit,” said Carla Crowder, the director of Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, a nonprofit devoted to justice and equity.’” al.com/news/2022/01/p…
“Police stops soared between 2018 and 2020. Fines and forfeitures – seizures of cars during traffic stops, among other things – doubled from 2018 to 2019. In 2020 they came to $610,000. That’s 49% of the small town’s skyrocketing revenue.”
Meet Michigan Judge Alexis G. Krot.
She humiliated, yelled at, & said she wished she could jail an elderly cancer patient who was fined for not cleaning up his property. “You should be ashamed of yourself,” the judge yelled to the man, who could barely breathe as he spoke.
The man’s son tried to explain to the judge that his 72-year-old father has been sick and unable to clean up the property. He asked if she could forgive the $100 fine that she imposed, and she yelled again: “Do you see that photo? That is shameful!” This was the photo.
Judge Alexis G. Krot serves the city of Hamtramck, Michigan. She graduated from a Catholic university and serves on a Catholic school board. I wonder what the priests, nuns, and Catholic community she serves with would think about her behavior on the bench.31stdistrictcourt.net/about_the_cour…
Feel good story of the day: A Louisiana man got a spam/scam call & told the scammer to call back if he wanted help. The caller did. What happened next led to a friendship/mentorship that’s changed the lives of 3 people, stretching from LA. to Ghana, Africa.
#Brazil A stone block fell on tourist boats in Minas Gerais - 5 people are reportedly dead. 29 more have reportedly been injured.
“Minas Gerais Fire Department Commander Edgard Estevo told a news conference that in addition to the dead, as many as 20 people may be missing, and said officials are seeking to identify them.” apnews.com/article/07964c…
“The state of Minas Gerais has been suffering from heavy rains that have forced almost 17,000 people out of their homes due to flooding…Officials suggested that the earlier rains could have contributed to the wall coming loose.”apnews.com/article/07964c…