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Senate OKs wage amendment, but measure faces tough fight in House (SF New Mex.)

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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

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.