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<title>What undocumented dairy workers think of immigration reform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 17, 2013) Dairy farmers - and their workers - have a lot at stake in the immigration debate underway in Washington.A survey by Cornell University found that 2,600 Spanish-speaking people work on New York dairy farms. Of them, two thirds or more are here illegally. That&apos;s in part because there&apos;s no visa program for the kind of year-round workers dairy farms need. The Senate&apos;s reform plan offers dairy farms new options for a legal supply of immigrant labor.Undocumented Latino workers are scattered on bunches of dairy farms in the North Country. David Sommerstein spoke with some of them to see what they think of immigration reform. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22184/20130617/what-undocumented-dairy-workers-think-of-immigration-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>How would legal immigration reshape the North Country?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 17, 2013) Congress remains deeply divided over the shape of immigration reform. A split within the House GOP caucus endangers any kind of new legislation.But let&apos;s imagine for a moment that the several thousand Latinos working on dairy farms in New York and Vermont could get legal working papers.How would that change the region&apos;s rural communities?Tom Maloney of Cornell University has been talking with dairy farmers and Latino dairy workers about this for years. He told David Sommerstein farmers are ready to guide their undocumented workers towards legal status. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22182/20130617/how-would-legal-immigration-reshape-the-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Another new St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario water levels plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 14, 2013) People along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario will get a chance to weigh in on a new water levels plan next month. It&apos;s called &quot;Plan 2014&quot;. Regulators say it&apos;s better for Lake Ontario property owners than a plan released last year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22174/20130614/another-new-st-lawrence-lake-ontario-water-levels-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Owens seeks compromise on farm bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 12, 2013) This week the Senate passed a five-year, nearly $500 billion farm bill. About three-quarters of that pays for the food stamp program, which would be cut by $400 million a year. Direct farm subsidies are largely replaced by subsidies for crop insurance. And there are a barrelfull of other items from land conservation to support for young farmers.This is pretty much where things stood a year ago. But House Speaker John Boehner refused to let his chamber&apos;s version of the farm bill come to the floor for a vote. Conservative Republicans believed the bill contained too much government spending. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22160/20130612/owens-seeks-compromise-on-farm-bill">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Transportation chief says goodbye to Seaway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 24, 2013) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood&apos;s farewell tour swung through Massena yesterday. One of the few Republicans in President Obama&apos;s cabinet, LaHood announced he was stepping down last January.Obama&apos;s nominee to replace LaHood, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, breezed through a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.LaHood has overseen the St. Lawrence Seaway for four years. As David Sommerstein reports, he said the Seaway will always occupy &quot;a niche&quot; in the nation&apos;s infrastructure. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22047/20130524/transportation-chief-says-goodbye-to-seaway">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gillibrand wants food stamps, milk price reform in Farm Bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) Congress is back to work on a new five year Farm Bill. The Senate passed one last year, but the House of Representatives couldn&apos;t agree on the size of cuts to the food stamp program and other issues.New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says preserving food stamps is &quot;a moral issue.&quot; And she says there&apos;s a way to pay for them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21942/20130508/gillibrand-wants-food-stamps-milk-price-reform-in-farm-bill">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Will the Greek yogurt boom help dairy farmers?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 17, 2013) You might have been surprised last summer to hear politicians walking around and talking about—yogurt. Governor Andrew Cuomo held a Yogurt Summit at the Capitol in Albany, where he said the explosion of the Greek yogurt industry in New York is a once-in-a-generation moment. &quot;This is one of the best private sector market opportunities that Upstate New York has had in 30, 40 years,&quot; procliamed Cuomo. &quot;I don&apos;t know when we get another one. I really, really don&apos;t. And that entrepreneurial spirit is when you see an opportunity, grab it.&quot;New York has invested millions of dollars in tax breaks into new and expanding yogurt plants. Cuomo wants to ease environmental rules to encourage 200 cow dairy farms to become 300 cow dairy farms and make more milk.Experts say New York farmers will have to boost milk production by 15 percent, or two billion pounds each year, to keep up with demand.So does New York have a milk shortage? And are farmers stepping up it fill it?The answers lie in cream cheese, Old McDonald, and something called the Chobani Paradox. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21807/20130417/will-the-greek-yogurt-boom-help-dairy-farmers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Owens gets ahead of curve on farm bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 25, 2013) Washington failed to pass a Farm Bill last year. Congressman Bill Owens says he&apos;s &quot;cautiously optimistic&quot; one will pass this year. But he&apos;s not sure exactly what will be in the massive $100 billion a year legislation that funds everything from farm programs to food stamps.So the North Country Democrat is introducing three bills early that would help New York farmers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21675/20130325/owens-gets-ahead-of-curve-on-farm-bill">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gillibrand: minimum wage should be even higher</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 20, 2013) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is making the case that New York&apos;s proposed minimum wage increase to $9 an hour is actually not enough. She is co-sponsoring a bill to raise the minimum wage nationwide to $10.10 an hour. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21650/20130320/gillibrand-minimum-wage-should-be-even-higher">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Sequester means fewer agents along Canadian border</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 12, 2013) The union representing border patrol agents says it&apos;s being unfairly targeted for spending cuts under the sequester, and that there will be less of a law enforcement presence along the North Country&apos;s border with Canada. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21599/20130312/sequester-means-fewer-agents-along-canadian-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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