“St. Felix Pantry holds a special place in my heart,” Hernandez said. “It reminds me of cherished childhood memories spent alongside my grammie, picking up her essential food supplies from where we affectionately called ‘Barbara Loop.’
Firefighters risk a wide range of injuries, like “strains and sprains, muscular pain . . . things that are also long-lasting or lifetime-lasting, like chemical burns, fire burns, frostbite, heat exhaustion, smoke or gas inhalation,” bill co-sponsor Rep. Joshua N. Hernandez (R-Rio Rancho) told the House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Thursday, March […]
Its sponsors come from both sides of the aisle and include Sen. Leo Jaramillo, (D-Española) and Joshua Hernandez, (R-Rio Rancho).
“For the families that we’re trying to target, the $5 actually would make a difference to buy other things. People living, you know, less than paycheck to paycheck, and that’s really who we’re trying to reach with this,” explained Representative Joshua Hernandez, (R-Rio Rancho), one of the sponsors of this bill.
Rep. Joshua Hernandez, R-Rio Rancho, said the legislative pace has been good so far. “There’s a feeling of more bipartisanship and willingness to work across the aisle to really get these issues resolved for everyone,” Hernandez said.
The pressures the coronavirus pandemic placed on businesses around the state means the push to raise the minimum wage now may be “too soon … while these businesses are hanging by a thread,” said Rep. Joshua Hernandez, R-Rio Rancho.
House Bill 367, sponsored by Reps. Jason Harper, R-Rio Rancho; Joshua Hernandez, R-Rio Rancho; and Sen. Benny Shendo, D-Jemez Pueblo, would also create a deduction for various services sold to other businesses to avoid the “pyramiding” in the current GRT structure.
The bill was introduced by Republican Representatives William “Bill” R. Rehm (Abq.), Joshua N. Hernandez (Rio Rancho), Randall T. Pettigrew (Lovington & Hobbs), Stefani Lord (Tijeras & Edgewood), and Andrea Reeb (Clovis). The idea behind the bill is to cut down on what’s being called “ organized retail crime. ” Rep. Rehm explains it this way: “They’re […]
“We’re going up in a couple of days, and these are the people that I represent, and their priorities are my priorities,” Rep. Hernandez said. “My colleagues on both sides—a lot of the conversations I’ve had is ‘what do we do with that funding?’ And ‘how do we get it to be the most effective, […]