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.