Puerto Rico’s governor unveils budget priorities amid crisis

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor says that modernizing government services, repairing roads and increasing the salaries of certain public workers are among the priorities in the U.S. territory’s proposed $10.7 billion budget. One of the largest investments _ $127 million _ is slated for the island’s Department of Transportation and Public Works for the maintenance and paving of roads that have severely deteriorated in many parts of the island. Gov.