Senate OKs wage amendment, but measure faces tough fight in House
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 7:00 pm | Updated: 12:13 am, Sat Feb 15, 2014.
By Steve Terrell The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com
Senate OKs wage amendment, but measure faces tough fight in House
The Senate passed a measure Friday that would let voters decide on whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $8.30 an hour. The resolution faces a tougher fight in the House. Jane Phillips/The New Mexico.
New Mexico voters would decide in November whether to increase the state’s minimum wage under a measure passed Friday by the state Senate.
However, Senate Joint Resolution 13, sponsored by Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, will face a much harder time in the House of Representatives, where the political composition is much closer than it is in the Senate.