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POLITICS
NEW YORK (AP)
President-elect Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to unify a deeply divided nation, having
scored a stunning victory backed by extraordinary support from working-class America.
The tough-talking New York billion-aire claimed victories in the nation's premier battleground states, but his appeal across the industrial Midwest - Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, in partic-ular - sealed a victory that defied pre-election polls and every expectation of the political establishment.
"I say it is time for us to come together as one united people," Trump told sup-porters gathered in a Manhattan hotel near his Trump Tower campaign head-quarters.
"For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can work together and unify our great country," he said, the stage crowded with
family and his most loyal allies.Trump addressed the nation after
sweeping most of the nation's top battle-grounds - and created some new ones.
He won Ohio, Florida and North Caro-
lina. He also took down the Democratic Party's "blue firewall" by scoring victories in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states that haven't supported a Republican pres-idential candidate since 1988 and 1984 respectively.
Trump's win shocked political profes-sionals and global financial markets alike. But it created pure joy inside the hotel ballroom where hundreds of Trump sup-porters waited for hours for his celebra-tion speech. They hugged each other, chanted "USA!" and bellowed "God bless America" at the top of their lungs.
House Speaker Paul Ryan called Trump Tuesday night to congratulate him on his "incredible victory."
"We are eager to work hand-in-hand with the new administration to advance an agenda to improve the lives of the American people," Ryan, who had a rocky relationship with Trump at times, said in a statement. "This has been a great night for our party, and now we must turn our focus to bringing the country together."
While Democrat Hillary Clinton was trying to make history as the first female president, Trump made a different kind of history as one of the least experienced presidential candidates ever elected.
A businessman and former reality TV star, he is a true political outsider in a way that marks a sharp break from past presi-dents.
Trump's outsider status ultimately helped him politically far more than it hurt.
Trump wins presidency, vows to unify a deeply divided nation
President-elect Donald Trump gives his victory speech early Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016, after defeating Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential elections, in New York City.
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POLITICS: Trump wins presidency, vows to unify deeply divided nation
STATE: Minimum wage increase passes; Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murry re-elected
IMMIGRATION: Number of unauthorized workers remains the same in the U.S.
SPORTS: Graham catches 2 TDs, Seahawks hold off Bills 31-25
NATIONAL: For some low-income workers, retirement is only a dream
LATIN AMERICA: Puerto Rico finds unexpected source of growth in agriculture
COLUMN: Dave Says: Make the decision with her
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STATE
SEATTLE, Washington (AP)
Washington voters approved a higher minimum wage on Tuesday.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray was re-elected to a fifth term, and Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee defeated Republican chal-lenger Bill Bryant.
With Inslee’s re-election, Democrats continue a winning streak in the gover-nor’s office that started in 1984.
Initiative 1433 will raise the hourly wage by roughly $4 over three years, to $13.50.The measure also requires employers to provide paid sick leave — at least one hour for every 40 worked — that could be used to care for family members or as “safe leave” for those who miss work because of domestic violence.
Washington’s current minimum age is
$9.47 an hour.Supporters of I-1433 said giving low-
wage workers hundreds in extra monthly pay will boost the state’s economy. Oppo-nents of the measure argued that raising the wage by nearly half could cost jobs and force businesses to close.
In other results, voters said no to Initia-tive 732, the carbon tax measure.
Sponsors of I-732 said residents have a moral responsibility to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The tax sought to encour-age businesses to conserve or switch to clean energy by making fossil fuels more expensive, and make the tax system fairer by using the revenues to reduce other taxes.
Businesses say the tax will drive up fuel and energy costs and put Washington companies at a competitive disadvantage. The carbon tax would start at $15 a ton of
carbon emissions in July, go up to $25 the next year and incrementally increase after-ward.
Some major environmental and other groups — including those that backed Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposal last year to cap emissions and make carbon polluters pay — opposed the initiative. They said it took the wrong approach.
Voters also approved a measure to reduce gun violence by taking firearms
away from people who are found by a judge to be a danger to themselves or others.
Initiative 1491 will allow families of people in crisis to ask a judge to issue an extreme-risk protection orders that would temporarily prevent their loved ones from having access to firearms.
“This is really a victory for Washing-ton families,” initiative campaign manager Stephanie Ervin said. “We’re celebrating for the lives this measure will save.”
Minimum wage increase passes; Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray re-elected
Supporters gather to talk to the media before turning in signed petitions in support of a ballot measure to raise Washington state’s minimum wage, on July 6, 2016, in Olympia, Washington.
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IMMIGRATION
NEW YORK (AP)
The number of authorized workers in the United States has gone up in recent years, but the
number of unauthorized workers in the country has remained the same.
A report from the Washington-based Pew Research Center states that since the official end of the recession, in 2009, the number of unauthorized foreign workers remains at eight million – three-quar-ters of them being Hispanic – and mostly working in the agricultural and construc-tion sectors.
The number of people born in the U.S. and working in 2009 was 130 million, and went up to 133 million by 2014.
In that same period, the number of authorized immigrant workers in the country grew by one million, from 18 million in 2009, to 19 million in 2014.
However, the number of unauthorized workers remained the same.
Jeffrey Passel, one of the authors of the Pew report, said that the reduction in immigrants from Mexico to the United States in the past years was one of the primary factors for the numbers.
“The migratory dynamic with Mexico changed in a dramatic way during the recession. The number of immigrants arriving from Mexico went down drasti-cally because of the weak economy in the U.S.,” Passell told The Associated Press.
At the same time, many Mexicans returned home: one million people and
their families left the United States and returned home between 2009 and 2014, while in the same period only 870,000 went the other way, the expert said.
On the other hand, the Mexican economy has improved and the number of agents positioned at the border with Mexico has tripled, which substantially hinders illegal crossings.
In total, Pew estimates that there are still 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S., with 52 percent of them being Mexican.
According to the study, unauthorized immigrants make up five percent of the U.S. labor force, and the vast majority of them (92 percent) are between 18-62 years old, in other words, of working age. Of those born in the U.S., only 60 percent are in the same age bracket, while 76% of authorized immigrants are.
Since 2009, the states that have experi-enced a reduction in the number of unau-thorized workers are Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Nevada, South Carolina and Rhode Island. While seven states have seen that number grow: Loui-siana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylva-nia, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
In the agricultural sector, 17 percent of workers are unauthorized immigrants: 13 percent in construction.
In none of the sectors that were studied – including service, manufacturing and entertainment – does the number of unauthorized workers surpass that of workers born in the U.S.
Number of unauthorized workers remains the same in the US
Mexican migrant workers load boxes of organic cilantro at a farm in Colorado.
SPORTS
SEATTLE, Washington (AP)
Jimmy Graham needed only one hand to catch two first-half touch-down passes from Russell Wilson,
and the Seattle Seahawks held off a late rally for a 31-25 win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.
Seattle won its 11th straight Monday night game behind a huge game from its tight end. Still less than a year removed from a major knee injury, Graham used his right arm to catch a 17-yard touch-down from Wilson on the first play of the second quarter and later used the same arm to cradle an 18-yard TD pass in the final moments of the first half.
But the Seahawks had to hold on in the final seconds as Buffalo quarterback Tyrod Taylor led the Bills inside the Seattle 10 in the final seconds. Taylor was sacked by Cliff Avril on third-and-goal from the 8 and on fourth-and-
goal Taylor's pass into the end zone fell incomplete.
Graham caught all eight of his targets for a total of 103 yards. It was his third 100-yard receiving game of the season. Wilson was 20 of 26 passing for 282 yards.
Wilson and Christine Michael both added 3-yard touchdowns runs, but Seattle's run game was again absent. The Seahawks attempted just 12 running plays.
Buffalo lost its third straight to drop below .500, but it wasn't due to its quar-terback.
Taylor was outstanding, nearly match-ing Wilson's performance, except for one miscommunication with a wide receiver that led to Richard Sherman's end zone interception in the third quarter. Taylor threw for 289 yards. He kept plays alive with his legs and made smart reads and smart throws.
Graham catches 2 TDs, Seahawks hold off Bills 31-25
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NATIONAL
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP)
It was a striking image. A photo of an 89-year-old man hunched over, struggling to push his cart with
frozen treats. Fidencio Sanchez works long hours every day selling the treats because he couldn’t afford to retire. The photo and his story went viral and thousands of people donated more than $384,000 for his retirement.
His story is a window into a dark reality: Many low-wage workers say they can’t afford to retire.
With no money saved for retirement, home care worker Gwen Strowbridge, 71, of Deerfield, Florida, plans to stay on the job until she can’t physically work anymore.
“I can’t see it in the future. I’ll stop working if my health won’t allow me to keep working,” said Strowbridge. Now 71, she works six days per week caring for a 100-year-old woman in Florida.
Studies have found that about one-third of low wage workers like Strawbridge say they’ll never be able to afford retirement.
The problem is particularly acute among minority women.
A 2016 study by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that one-quarter of workers 50 and older say they won’t retire. Among low wage workers, earning less than $50,000 a year, it was 33 percent.
Strowbridge’s first job, in the 1960s, paid 98 cents an hour, setting her out on a path of low-wage jobs that stretched across five decades. She raised three sons with her husband, Roy, a dock attendant who unloaded cargo from boats. The couple was forced to use the little money they had saved for retirement on family medical issues.
Strowbridge stopped working briefly after she turned 63 to care for her husband, who had quadruple bypass heart surgery. Their Social Security benefits weren’t enough to cover medical expenses, rent, utilities and food. When he died, she went back to work.
Jacquelyn B. James, co-director of Boston College’s Center on Aging and
Work, said it is common for low-wage workers to stay on the job, with no plans for retirement.
“It is really easy for them to say ‘I’m going to work forever’ but things happen,” said James. Among those things: health issues.
A 2016 report by the nonpartisan research nonprofit National Institute on Retirement Security shows that many black, Latina and Asian women have to
work past retirement age to be able to afford basic expenses. Women were 80 percent more likely than men to be impov-erished.
The research showed that for men between 70 and 74, about 19 percent of their income comes from wages. For women, it’s about 15 percent.
“You couldn’t put nothing in the bank because I was always underpaid,” Strow-bridge said. “I just didn’t make enough to save.”
Januario Salgado’s financial situation mirrors Strowbridge’s. He never saved for retirement. He is 64 years old and doesn’t plan to retire. He works 10 hours, six days per week in a grocery store in a suburb outside Chicago.
“I couldn’t save,” Salgado said in Spanish. “I worked a lot to help my family. I used to send money to my parents in Mexico.”
Salgado plans to start collecting Social Security benefits when he turns 65 but he will continue to work as long as he is phys-ically able. He doesn’t want to become a burden to his children.
For some low-income workers, retirement is only a dream
In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2016, Gwen Strowbridge, 71, poses for a photograph wearing her work uniform
at her home in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
LATIN AMERICA
GUANICA, Puerto Rico (AP)
Puerto Ricans are buying rice pro-duced on the island for the first time in nearly 30 years. They are
also eating locally grown mushrooms, kale and even arugula, along with more tradi-tional crops such as plantains and pineapples.
The U.S. territory is seeing something of an agricultural renaissance as new farms spring up across the island, supplying an increasing number of farmers’ markets and restaurants to meet consumer demand for fresher produce.
Farming has become one of the few areas of growth on an island struggling to emerge from a 10-year-old recession and a still-unfolding debt crisis. The most recent sta-tistics from the governor’s office show farm income grew 25 percent to more than $900 million in 2012-2014. The amount of acreage under cultivation rose 50 percent over the past four years, generating at least 7,000 jobs.
“More and more people have noticed that this is one of the only successful ways of living on the island right now,” said Tara Rodriguez Besosa, a farming advocate and owner of an
organic restaurant in San Juan that buys from local farms, including one started by her mother several years ago.
Agriculture is a small part of the economy in Puerto Rico, well behind manufactur-ing, finance and tourism. But the growth is notable simply because things are so bad overall. Many businesses have closed, tens of thousands of people have decamped to the U.S. mainland, unemployment is at nearly 12 percent and the government is in default. Congress gave the territory some breath-
ing room in June with legislation to enable the restructuring of what the governor has called its “unpayable” $70 billion debt, but the effects of that legislation have yet to be felt widely.
The agricultural rebirth can be seen in the aisles of supermarkets, where local rice went on sale in August for the first time since the last producer closed in 1989, and in the shim-mering green fields where the grain is grown on the outskirts of the southwestern town of Guanica. The government helped launch Finca Fraternidad, or “Fraternity Farm,” by providing 1,350 acres of vacant public land.
The rice venture is one of about 350 farms that the government supported to reduce Puerto Rico’s reliance on expensive food imports and spur the growth of a sector that dominated the economy until the 1940s, when the territory began a decades-long transformation into a more urban, developed society where few wanted to work on farms.
“It’s satisfying to change the perspective of an island that once viewed agriculture as a thing of the past, as something for people without education,” Puerto Rican Agriculture Secretary Myrna Comas said.
Puerto Rico finds unexpected source of growth in agriculture
In this September 19, 2016 photo, Jonathan Rodri-guez Alicea works in a rice field at Fraternity Farm in
Lajas Valley in Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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My wife and I just started your class, and we’re
determined to get out of debt. At the same time, I’d
like to do something to reduce the stress in her life.
She’s a nurse, and she works three 12-hour night
shifts a week. I’m a teacher, and I think we possi-
bly could get by if she cut down to just two nights
a week and worked part time. Would this be a good
idea? — Randy
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The truth is there’s no “possibly” involved. Even
without knowing your income and other numbers,
it all boils down to one simple question — can you
live on that?
It’s a simple math thing. You need to look at your
income and her income at 24 hours. Then, go over
all of your bills and make a budget. If you can live
on that, and it’s what she wants to do, you have
the answer.
There’s no reason to do this immediately, either.
I mean, we’re only talking about one day a week.
Chances are it won’t change your lives that much.
It probably won’t hurt anything if she works her
regular hours through the end of the year. That
way, you guys can keep looking at the numbers and
decide on what’s best. — Dave
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