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Legislature Heads Back To Work For 60-day Session

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You can listen live to Governor Susana Martinez's State of the State address today at 1pm on 89.9 FM and streaming online at KUNM.org.

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 Tuesday.

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 illegal immigrants — a proposal that's stalled in the Legislature since the governor took office in 2011.

The House and Senate also will elect new leaders on the session's opening day.