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Senate panel nixes minimum-wage bump (SF New Mexican)

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Senate panel nixes minimum-wage bump

Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014 8:00 pm     |    Updated: 11:13 pm, Thu Feb 6, 2014.                      

Senate panel nixes minimum-wage bump
By Milan Simonich The New Mexican                                                             SantaFeNewMexican.com

A state Senate committee rejected a bill Thursday night to raise New Mexico’s minimum wage by 50 cents, to $8 an hour.

Neither Democrats nor Republicans liked the measure, which was tabled on a 7-2 vote of the Public Affairs Committee.