3 women sue AG over equal pay

the office of new mexico s attorney general if he treats women unfairly three women in his office are suing him for discrimination the three assistant a-g s claim they are paid less than their male counterparts dan ber — who represents the women in the lawsuit — says his clients earn as much as five- thousand dollars less than men with similar positions and experience if anybody should know better it s the state attorney general this should not be happening in an office such as this faber says he doesn t believe there is anything in the womens work performance that would justify smaller paychecks a spokesperson for attorney general gary king s office says they don t believe the compaint has any merit — but they re looking at the claim — a will have an official response in about 20 days as part of the state budget cuts signed by governor richardson — new mexico s health department is losing more than 24-million dollars officials say the public health division is taking the biggest