(The following appeared on the Las Cruces Sun-News website on March 18, 2011.)
SANTA FE, N.M. — Union Pacific will not pay locomotive fuel taxes in New Mexico if it opens a $418 million rail center in Santa Teresa.
The state Senate on Friday approved a bill to forgive the taxes in return for Union Pacific establishing a refueling hub in Southern New Mexico. The bill carried 31-3.
Members of the House of Representatives also have approved the proposal. The bill goes next to Gov. Susana Martinez for her signature.
The full story appears on the Las Cruces Sun-News website.