Article: Lujan: Agenda of special session should be small: House speaker says he would be open to revisiting minimum-wage issue.

Byline: David Miles

Feb. 28--Gov. Bill Richardson should keep the legislative agenda of a potential special session narrowly focused on a handful of items, House Speaker Ben Lujan told business leaders Monday.

Lujan, a Nambe Democrat, said such items include bills that failed to clear the Legislature during the 30-day session that ended Feb. 16, including a tax-relief package, a measure to finance road-construction projects and legislation to create a Renewable Energy Transmission Authority.

"I would say that we can come in and do five (or) six bills within a day and a half if we're all in agreement," Lujan said Monday at the Association of ...

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