the Latino daily – Your Monday morning brief

MONDAY, March 28, 2016

Good morning Taquistas!

►Monday’s numbers

43.8 – The percentage of workers aged 58 or older who work in physically demanding or difficult working conditions.

60.7 – The percentage of Latino workers aged 58 or older who work in physically demanding or difficult working conditions.

81.4 – The percentage of older workers without a high school diploma who work in demanding jobs.

61 – The percentage of older workers with only a high school diploma who work in demanding jobs.

63.5 – The percentage of workers in the bottom one-fifth of the earnings spectrum who work in difficult jobs.

67 – The retirement age for Social Security benefits for persons born in 1960 and later. The leading edge of the 67 retirement age is 56 years-old this year.

Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research, Still Working Hard: An Update on the Share of Older Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs

►Alaska, Hawaii and Washington state primary results

The big winner this weekend was Bernie Sanders. He trounced Hillary Clinton in all three primary states: he got 81 percent of the vote in Alaska; 69.8 percent in Hawaii, and 72.2 percent in Washington.

On the GOP side it was a toss-up. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump ended in a virtual tie ion Alaska; Trump beat Cruz in Hawaii with 42.4 percent of the vote and Washington will hold a GOP primary Caucus on May 24.

That leave the delegate count like this, according to Real Clear Politics:

• Clinton – 1712
• Sanders – 1004

*2382 needed to win

• Trump – 739
• Cruz – 465
• Kasich – 143

*1237 needed to win

►The fallout continues over the Arizona election fiasco

This all began when news of 5 hour waits in some Phoenix polling places pointed to a lack of resources available for the primary election. Maricopa County Reorder Helen Purcell says she was under budget restraints and was only able to activate 60 locations . . . READ MORE