Posts Tagged ‘cost of living’
Your NM Government: Reforming the State’s Public Employment Pension Program
February 14, 2020 – New Mexico’s public pension fund is $7 billion in the hole. If lawmakers do nothing it won’t be able to pay out all the money it has promised. This legislative session Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham and state lawmakers have prioritized shoring up the Public Employees Retirement Association. One proposal would put PERA…
Read MoreLocal Labor Economist On Minimum Wage
February 22, 2019 – Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with UNM Labor Economist Melissa Binder to discuss the overall impacts of a minimum wage hike, plus what the research says about what that new minimum wage should be. Guest: Melissa Binder, labor economist at the University of New Mexico
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