Week in Review January 1 - January 7

The Santa Fe New Mexican › January 09, 2006

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Business

Waging war on low pay - For the third straight time, Santa Fe's minimum-wage law was the top business story of the year. Sunday, Jan. 1, D-1

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Week in Review January 1 - January 7

Study: Higher-paying states better off - Raising the minimum wage above the federal wage floor has not hurt job growth in 12 states that have done so since 1997, according to a study released Wednesday by supporters of a proposal to boost New Mexico's minimum wage to $7.50 an hour.

Those states also tend to have lower poverty rates than states - such as New Mexico - that have the same minimum wage as the federal rate of $5.15 an hour, the analysis said. Thursday, A-1

Crime

Presumed suspect dead - A man matching the description of a 20- year-old Taos-area resident wanted in the slayings of his mother and stepfather was found dead Thursday in the town after he shot himself, according to state p...

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