Las Cruces prepares for another minimum wage hike

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Businesses in Las Cruces are bracing for the city’s next mandated minimum wage hike.
City councilors agreed in 2014 to phase in a higher minimum wage, starting at $8.40 in 2015. That will go up to $9.20 on Jan. 1 and then $10.10 in 2019.
Richard Aguilar is the vice president of Tresco Inc., a company that provides services to developmentally disabled people, including job placement.
He tells the Las Cruces Sun-News that he’s worried about some of the dis