Posts by Ashley Rammelsberg
The Line: New Mexico’s Minimum Wage Will Increase Starting in 2020
April 4, 2019 – This week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law the first statewide minimum wage increase in more than a decade. The current rate, $7.50 an hour, will go up to $9.00 an hour starting in January of 2020 and is set to rise each year until it reaches the $12 an…
Read MoreThe Line: New Mexico GOP Pushes to Repeal New Gun Law
April 4, 2019 – House Republican leader Jim Townsend has refiled a petition to put a newly signed gun law before voters through a rarely used referendum process. Senate Bill 8 requires background checks before most firearm sales in New Mexico, including transactions between private individuals. But opponents of the legislation say the new law…
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