According to the latest budget analyses from the Legislature, New Mexico policymakers have nearly $900 million in “new” money available as the session begins in Santa Fe. This comes on top of ...

The way that consumers pay taxes on alcohol in Washington is more than a decade old and modern consumer preferences mean that some consumers are punished with higher taxes depending on which ...

What would have been the first increase to the state’s alcohol excise tax in 30 years died Friday, a victim of a disagreement ...

New Mexico’s alcohol industry is raising a glass to a proposed liquor tax hike — because it’s so slight, most drinkers won’t even feel it. A multi-year effort to meaningfully raise alcohol ...

Sanchez convened a work group with the alcohol industry last year; the group did not agree on a tax hike. But on March 25, at Sanchez’s request, legislative lawyers crafted an amendment to House ...

Some lawmakers in Oregon are in an anti-alcohol mood. House Rep. Tawna Sanchez released an amendment to House Bill 3197, ...