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Bill that would Increase Alcohol Taxes

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02.17.23 –Gene Grant and our panelists discuss a bill that would increase alcohol taxes by 25 cents per drink, while dedicating more funding to alcohol abuse treatment. If passed, it would mark the first increase in New Mexico alcohol taxes since 1994. Host: Gene Grant The Line Opinion Panel:Dan Foley, fmr. NM RepresentativeDede Feldman, fmr.…

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Addressing NM’s Alcohol Problem

A bar full of liquor bottles.

12.15.2022- In collaboration with New Mexico In Depth, Gene Grant hosts a roundtable discussion about the impacts of alcohol in our state. Journalist Ted Alcorn explains his findings in a 7-part series which focuses our death rate that currently leads the U.S., drunk driving, alcohol’s impact on violent crime, myths when it comes to who…

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