Puerto Rico

Without a consensual plan, the bankruptcy could be dismissed.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain is upset little mediation has occurred in recent months.

Without certification it will be harder to get the appeals court to hear any bondholders' appeal.

Increasing electric rates to pay the debt would lead to economic contraction, a University of Puerto Rico professor said.

The bondholders and bond insurers submitted four expert reports to support their belief they deserve more money than what's being offered in the PREPA bankruptcy.

Technology is improving collection of the tax supporting COFINA bonds.

They say there are at least six different novel or unsettled questions of law that would be clarified by an appeals court ruling.

The parties haven't been engaging in mediation, angering Judge Swain.

How $5.7 billion will be divided among creditors remains to be figured out.

The legislation would give Puerto Rican voters the choice to become a state and Congress would be bound to accept.