NM governor signs business friendly bills

Gov. Susana Martinez has signed three bills, including business friendly legislation to help boost New Mexico’s economy.

She urged business leaders to help her move the state forward during a Tuesday Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce conference and offered her take on the legislative session.

She critiqued Senate leaderships in her half hour talk saying the public and the business community have a right to be disappointed with the lack of action in that chamber on key House priorities. She cited the failure of a right-to-work initiative, a bill to end social promotion of third graders, and a multi-million public works projects measure.

Martinez noted that the state added 16,000 jobs in the past year, the strongest growth since 2006.

She said “We’re making progress and the reforms are working.”