Budget plug: No benefits for temp. legislative workers

From KOB-TV.com - Lawmakers spent time Wednesday reviewing the state’s budget in effort to prepare to dive into efforts to fix a deficit of up to $450 million. Governor Martinez is urging lawmakers to deal with the shortfall without raising taxes, or cutting more than one and a half percent from education spending. One way to save money, say some lawmakers, is to ban unemployment benefits for temporary legislative workers. According to published figures, about 500 temporary employees are employed during legislative sessions. Last year, about 100 of them were on unemployment all year long. The price tag for those unemployment checks this year is expected to be about $290,000. watch video

Budget plug: No benefits for temp. legislative workers