Walmart and The Miami Foundation announced $4.9 million in grants to Mercy Corps to support Puerto Rico relief and recovery efforts in the continued aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María.
Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Executive Director Mario Marazzi questioned the government’s plans to consolidate that public agency with the sole purpose of outsourcing its services down the road.
Atlanta-based Southern Company announced that lineworkers and support staff from each of Southern Company's four electric operating companies — Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power — were deployed to Puerto Rico over the weekend.