Teachers Start Petition for Pension Increase

Brandon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:18 -0400

New Mexico’s teacher’s union is circulating a petition to protest an increase in their personal pension contributions. Pension contributions increased by 1.5% this year in an attempt to solve state budgetary problems. The union has suggested raising taxes on New Mexico workers to pay for the pension increase.

Read the story from the New Mexico Independent

Legislators say longer House terms save money, time

Bettina — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:04:15 -0500

Voters would be asked to extend legislators’ terms from two years to four years under a bill that nearly 60 members of the House co-sponsored last week.

The measure raises an issue in perennial discussion over the past decade, with backers saying less-frequent elections would mean less time spent raising money to run for office.

“It would take half the money out of it,” said Rep. Hugh Holliman, a Lexington Democrat and the House majority leader. “We start the session, spend our first year here, and then we spend the whole second year campaigning.”

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Teachers Start Petition for Pension Increase

Legislators say longer House terms save money, time