Pierluisi pursuing $457M for P.R. low-income residents through SNAP program inclusion
March 29, 2012
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi on Wednesday submitted HR 4280, known as the “Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act,” which would provide the island with $457 million in additional federal funding each year to ...
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FCC proposing slight drop to Universal Service Fund charge
March 29, 2012
As it does every quarter, the Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the rates that telephone companies must charge and pass off to consumers to cover the Universal Service Fund, which among other things, subsidizes services ...
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Local T-Mobile operation unaffected by layoffs
March 23, 2012
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced Thursday plans to close seven call center facilities nationwide, resulting in the elimination of 1,900 jobs by summer. However, the cutbacks will not have any local effects, Jorge Martel, general manager ...
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