Right-To-Work Compromise Legislation Passes Judiciary Committee, Heads To House Floor
Rep. Nate Gentry
STATE News:
SANTA FE — In order to come up with a fair compromise to promote commonsense, job-creating legislation, the right-to-work bill was amended Friday to increase the minimum wage to $8 per hour.
The compromise legislation cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a 7-6 vote and will now head to the House floor. Raising the minimum wage to $8 per hour will make New Mexico’s minimum wage the third highest in the region.
“We think it’s important to put politics aside in order to avoid Washington-style gridlock,” said Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Bernalillo, who introduced Read More
Boehm: Smith’s Marketplace Is Thriving
Smith’s Marketplace Community Specialist Kathryn Fulton and General Manager Erik Boehm speak at Tuesday’s Kiwanis Club. Boehm said he wants to fill the old Smith’s Store by spring. Photo by Don CaspersonErik Boehm, the general manager of the new Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos, told Kiwanis Feb. 10 that the large new store is doing well. It is close to its goals, he said, and it has the second highest volume of sales in a Smith’s district that stretches from Wyoming to Mexico.
Smith’s Marketplace General Manager Erik Boehm. Photo Read More
ACI, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Introduce Legislation For New Mexico Business
Dr. Beverlee McClure
STATE News:
The New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) partnered with Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-43, to introduce HB 130, a bill to strengthen the procurement process in New Mexico and modernize the state’s definition of small business.
ACI President and CEO Dr. Beverlee McClure praised Garcia Richard for working closely with ACI and ACI member businesses to develop this legislation.
“Rep. Garcia Richard’s bill takes much-needed steps to strengthen our state’s procurement process,” McClure said. “A better, more accountable procurement
ACI, Sen. Rue And Rep. Garcia Richard Introduce Transparency Bill
Sen. Sander Rue
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI), New Mexico’s statewide chamber of commerce and pro-business advocacy group, applauded New Mexico Sen. Sander Rue, R-23, and Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-43, for introducing a bipartisan proposal to enhance the state Sunshine Portal by requiring that additional information on state contracts be available publicly through the portal.
“Countless New Mexico businesses have approached ACI about strengthening the process by which the state handles procurement and contracts,” ACI President/CEO Read More
Letter to the Editor: Legislature Should Focus On Doing Good For New Mexico Working Families
By RYAN ROSS, TeacherAs a teacher, New Mexico families trust me with our state’s most precious resource: their children. Out-of-state corporate billionaires don’t see them as our nation’s future, they tend to see them as profit machines.
Right-to-work laws now being considered by New Mexico legislators are destructive, unnecessary, and a distraction. They threaten to take away my voice. I didn’t enter the teaching profession to work at a for-profit corporate education machine, I signed up to work for New Mexico’s kids.
Today, I have a voice allowing Read More
Los Alamos Small Business Workshop Feb. 25
SBDC: Los Alamos Daily Post Is Success Client Of The Year And Will Be Honored At New Mexico Legislature
Members of the Los Alamos Daily Post news team from left, Kirsten Laskey, Sal Zapien, Carol A. Clark, Tyrone Nigel Clark (news hound), Bonnie Gordon and Chris Clark gather for a photo Wednesday at the newspaper’s headquarters in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
SBDC News:
The Los Alamos Daily Post has been selected to receive the Los Alamos Small Business “2014 Success Client of the Year” award and will be honored March 9 on the floor of the New Mexico Legislature.
Director Ted Lopez of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-LA made Read More
Congressional Delegation: Right-to-Work Legislation Has Consequences For New Mexico Working Families
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following against right-to-work legislation in the legislature:
As the national economy shows signs of real improvement, New Mexico’s recovery has been challenging and slow. Working families want to know when we will see more jobs, higher salaries and access to quality education at every level. The state legislature has an opportunity to put New Mexico in a position to provide that economic security and rebuild the Read More
USDA Announces Funding For Renewable Energy Projects
Geothermal heating and cooling equipment being installed by the Central Valley Electric Cooperative in Artesia. The equipment was partially paid for by the REAP program. Courtesy/USDA
USDA News:
- REAP Program Reduces Energy Costs for 47 Ag Producers and Small Rural Businesses in NM Since 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that rural agricultural producers and small business owners can now apply for resources to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.
These efforts help farmers, ranchers and other Read More
‘Bathtub Row Brewing’ In Los Alamos Becomes Fourth Beer Co-op In United States
LABC News:
After a six-month process, the Los Alamos Beer Coop (LABC) announced today that it has received its brewer’s license from the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, officially making Los Alamos’ first and only brewery the fourth cooperative-owned brewery in the United States.
The LABC’s brewery will be called “Bathtub Row Brewing” – a reference to the city’s historic Bathtub Row, named during the Manhattan Project era since the buildings on that street were the only ones that contained bathtubs.
“The state licensing employees were incredibly helpful with guidance and Read More
