In her annual State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Susana Martinez outlined her wish list for the 2015 legislative session, including higher pay for new teachers, a large highway spending package, more money to help lure businesses to the state and more funds for job-training programs.
As she did in her inauguration speech Jan. 1, Martinez called for lawmakers to work in a nonpartisan fashion. However, her biggest applause lines from the newly assembled legislators came when she spoke about “red meat” Republican issues, such as efforts to adopt legislation that would ban compulsory union dues.
By: Steve Terrell (Santa Fe New Mexican)
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