ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The Martinez administration is set to offer a plan to help New Mexico's struggling economy. Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela is scheduled to appear before the legislature's Economic and Rural Development Committee in Albuquerque Wednesday morning to talk about a five-year development blueprint. Also testifying is New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis, who will talk about growth in the film industry.
The state's film industry slumped after Gov. Susana Martinez took office in 2011 and tried to cut an incentive program that helped lure major productions here to film. Lawmakers reached a compromise that kept the program but capped the state's annual payouts, and the state has been seeing a steady uptick in projects over the past two years.
