Additional reporting

LAWMAKERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CALL FOR STATE TASK FORCE ON ALCOHOL  (Aug. 26, 2022)

LAWMAKERS SAY ALCOHOL ON 2023 SESSION AGEND(Sep. 14, 2022)

LEGISLATORS CONSIDER KEY QUESTIONS ON ALCOHOL TAX REFORMS (Oct. 2, 2022)

ALCOHOL TAXES ACROSS COUNTRY ARE “VERY, VERY LOW” (Oct. 7, 2022)

POLITICS TRUMPS HEALTH (Nov. 20, 2022)

DEATHS DUE TO DRINKING ROSE SHARPLY IN 2021 (Dec. 10, 2022)

PROPOSED OFFICE OF ALCOHOL PREVENTION STEPS UP AMBITION, BUT IS SHORT ON VISION (Jan. 26, 2022)

LAWMAKERS TACKLE RAISING THE ALCOHOL TAX (Feb. 9, 2023)

DO ALCOHOL TAXES HURT POOR PEOPLE? (Feb. 22, 2023)

POWERHOUSE LOBBYISTS ON TAP FOR ALCOHOL INDUSTRY (Mar. 4, 2023)

HOUSE COMMITTEE CUTS PROPOSED ALCOHOL TAX INCREASES (Mar. 6, 2023)

SENATE COMMITTEE PASSES NICKEL-PER-DRINK INCREASE IN ALCOHOL TAXES (Mar. 15, 2023)

LAWMAKERS WATER DOWN ALCOHOL PROPOSALS AMID PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (Mar. 18, 2023)

HOW A 25¢-PER-DRINK ALCOHOL TAX FELL APART (Mar. 31, 2023)

LUJAN GRISHAM AXES TAX INCREASE ON BOOZE (Apr. 8, 2023)

GOVERNOR SIDESTEPS STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT ALCOHOL VETOES (May 12, 2023)

ADVOCATES RENEW PUSH FOR QUARTER-A-DRINK ALCOHOL TAX HIKE (Jan. 11, 2024)

NM RECORDED SECOND DEADLIEST YEAR FOR ALCOHOL DEATHS IN 2022 (Jan. 22, 2024)

ONCE SKEPTICAL, KEY LAWMAKERS PROPOSE NEW APPROACH TO RAISING ALCOHOL TAXES (Feb. 1, 2024)

RIFT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS DOOMS THIS YEAR’S ALCOHOL TAX PUSH (Feb. 9, 2024)


Versions of this series appear in print in The Santa Fe New Mexican, The Las Cruces Sun News, The Gallup Independent, and other newspapers across New Mexico.

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Credits

Reporting: Ted Alcorn / Photos: Adria Malcolm, Marjorie Childress, Tara Armijo-Prewitt / Videos: Marjorie Childress, Tara Armijo-Prewitt / Illustrations: Shelby Criswell / Development: Joseph Bergen / Editing: Marjorie Childress and Trip Jennings / Cartography: Chris Girlamo

Funders

This reporting was made possible by grants from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, the McCune Charitable Foundation, the Con Alma Health Foundation, and the Association of Health Care Journalists as supported by The Commonwealth Fund.


Resource: PDF version of article 7, A Sober Appraisal, which can be used as a solutions handout.