New: Gov. Martinez signs $158M public works package, but axes 150-plus projects

New Mexico’s annual debate over capital outlay, or “pork,” spending shows no signs of abating. Gov. Susana Martinez signed a trio of bills today that authorize funding for hundreds of bricks-and-mortar projects around the state. But the Republican governor also used her line-item veto authority to strike down more than 150 projects, and chastised lawmakers for […]