brand New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is flanked by advocates as she covers opioid and heroin overdoses in Brand brand brand New Mexico throughout a bill ceremony that is signing a drug abuse therapy center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The bill signed by Martinez requires all state and local law enforcement officers to be equipped with an overdose antidote kit among other things. (Picture: Susan Montoya Bryan/AP)
SANTA FE — brand New Mexico is reining in high-interest loans through the storefront lending industry under a bill finalized by Gov. Susana Martinez.
Finalized on Thursday, the legislation effortlessly eliminates payday advances by meaning and caps rates of interest at 175 %. Continue reading “Brand New Mexico reins in payday advances. A bill to spur the installing of solar power panels on New Mexico state buildings is vetoed.”