NM legislature convenes today

Gov Martinez

New Mexico's lawmakers are returning to work and will hear from Republican Gov. Susana Martinez on the opening day of the 60-day session. 

The Legislature convenes at noon today. 

The governor will deliver her state of the state address to a joint session of the House and Senate. Martinez plans to outline her legislative agenda, which includes a reduction in the corporate tax rate, early childhood reading initiatives as well as several proposals that the Democratic-controlled Legislature has rejected in the past.

Martinez is renewing her effort to stop the state from granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants — a proposal that's stalled in the Legislature since the governor took office in 2011.

NM legislature convenes today