Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla introduced Wednesday the measure paving the way for a $9.8 billion General Fund budget, and a $28.8 billion consolidated budget for Fiscal 2016.
The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico released its most recent liquidity statement late last week, showing a balance of $1.02 billion net as of April 30, representing a drop from the $1.11 billion the agency reported for the prior month.
Lawmakers and members of the executive branch gathered at the Puerto Rico Convention Center today are said to be considering six different scenarios that would combine a hybrid structure of a sales and use tax and a general excise tax to shore up the government’s finances.