Governor Pushes For Job Creation

Governor Pushes For Job Creation
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FILE - In this Wed. Oct. 26,2011 file photo New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez talks in Albuquerque, N.M. Just days after speaking at the Republican National Convention, Martinez has earned a strong approval rating among New Mexico voters. A poll commissioned by The Albuquerque Journal found that 69 percent of New Mexico voters approve of the Republican governor's performance 20 months into her first term. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan,File)

Governor Susana Martinez has a one word priority for this year's sixty day legislative session that starts in less than two weeks: jobs.

Martinez laid out her proposals for economic development for business leaders at a luncheon with the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce today. The big question is: How much can she get the legislature to pass?

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