House committee cuts proposed alcohol tax increases
By Trip Jennings/NM In DepthA nearly $1 billion tax package cleared the House Taxation and Revenue Committee on Monday with 1-cent to 2-cent tax per drink increases... Read more.
Advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous people denounce Indian Affairs appointee
By Bella Davis/NM In DepthGov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of a former San Ildefonso Pueblo governor to lead the state’s Indian Affairs Department could... Read more.
Lawmakers tackle raising the alcohol tax
By Trip Jennings/NM In DepthNew Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average and alcohol is involved in more deaths than fentanyl,... Read more.
Proposed office of alcohol prevention steps up ambition, but is short on vision
By Ted Alcorn/NM In DepthNew Mexico Department of Health asked the legislature for $5 million to build an Office of Alcohol Prevention and would expand the staff... Read more.
Politics trump health in NM’s response to alcohol crisis
In February 2021, as New Mexico lawmakers considered landmark legislation to loosen restrictions on alcohol sales, the state’s alcohol epidemiologist Annaliese... Read more.