Firm With Trump Cabinet Ties Scores $300M Puerto Rico Power Contract (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Lights out. That’s how it is for most of Puerto Rico. Still. A month after Hurricane Maria smashed through the island, wiping out its vulnerable electric grid, only 20 percent of residents have power. And now, word that an itty-bitty Montana company—with ties to the White House—landed the massive contract to fix it. A no-bid contract. A contract not authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers. This hour, On Point: Puerto Rico’s power problem.
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