Rep. Domingo Torres García (Facebook via Domingo J. Torres Garcia) By THE STAR STAFF Rep. Domingo J. Torres García filed a resolution earlier this week seeking a full investigation into how the government is implementing its new Classification and Retribution Plan, following growing complaints from public employees who say they were left out of salary adjustments and have not been told whether they will qualify in future phases. Torres García, the Popular Democratic Party’s a

Market studies cited in the legislation show that hiring a private caregiver or nurse for daytime home care averages more than $4,811 per month, exceeding $57,000 annually. Specialized adult day‑care centers charge between $1,900 and $3,800 per month. By THE STAR STAFF Seeking to ease the financial strain on middle‑class families caring for relatives with severe disabilities, lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to create a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligib

Former public official Anthony Maceira Zayas leads MZLS LLC. (LinkedIn) By THE STAR STAFF Leaders of the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC by its initials in Spanish) filed formal public‑records requests on Wednesday seeking detailed billing information for more than $1.2 million in government contracts awarded this term to a law firm associated with former public official Anthony Maceira Zayas. Attorneys Manuel Natal and Eva Prados submitted the requests to the Puerto Rico Senat

Blanca Medina Díaz, former head of the Socioeconomic Development Administration for the Family (Facebook via ADSEF) By THE STAR STAFF The former administrator of the Socioeconomic Development Administration for the Family (ADSEF by its acronym in Spanish), Blanca Medina Díaz, testified under oath on Wednesday that Gov. Jenniffer González Colón insisted she accept the role of leading the agency, that the governor later learned of the problems Medina faced and even called her t