Ted Alcorn
Writer at Freelance
Reporting on health + justice in @NYtimes, @NMinDepth, more. Teaching @columbiamsph & @NYUWagner. Ex-@Everytown, @NYCMayorsOffice. Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC.
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1 month ago |
thecity.nyc | Ted Alcorn
Felisa Geddis got her first look at Dondre Richardson as police officers led him, handcuffed, from the 88th precinct house in Brooklyn on a Wednesday night in January 2020. Her 55-year-old cousin, L. Antonio Litman, had been stabbed to death nine days earlier, and the officers had arrested Richardson for the crime. She remembered her relief that a suspect had been caught. “It seemed like the case was so cut and dry,” Geddis told THE CITY.
After House legislators with alcohol-ties snuff out tax hike, Senators sub an industry-approved bill
2 months ago |
sourcenm.com | Ted Alcorn
by Ted Alcorn, Source New Mexico March 24, 2025 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 taxes hit a roadblock earlier this month, when two lawmakers with ties to the alcohol industry helped kill a bill in a House committee.
After House legislators with alcohol-ties snuff out tax hike, Senators sub an industry-approved bill
2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Ted Alcorn
Photo by Marjorie Childress/New Mexico In DepthNew 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 taxes hit a roadblock earlier this month, when two lawmakers with ties to the alcohol industry helped kill a bill in a House committee.
After House legislators with alcohol-ties snuff out tax hike, Senators sub an industry-approved bill
2 months ago |
nmindepth.com | Ted Alcorn
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 taxes hit a roadblock earlier this month, when two lawmakers with ties to the alcohol industry helped kill the bill in a House committee.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
nmindepth.com | Ted Alcorn
On Monday, state lawmakers on the House Taxation and Revenue Committee advanced a bill to raise taxes on alcohol. Cheered by public health advocates and tribes, and criticized by alcohol makers and sellers who have successfully fought off all tax hikes for 30 years, the bill could receive a vote by the full House as early as this week.
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Perceptive story (and right under my nose, since I drive that road from Galisteo to Santa Fe on many days).
Nearly every day, people released from the Santa Fe jail walk miles along a highway to get home. Local leaders have known for 20+ years that it's dangerous but have done almost nothing about it. We've uncovered just how deadly the consequences have been. https://t.co/VDp4N3CrYt https://t.co/giC2Y2R5oz
House Oversight committee under @RepJamesComer is "investigating" Biden-era scientific reports on the harms of drinking, which killed a record-setting number of Americans in 2020-1. https://t.co/um6SjWTkIE
Add Vermont to the list of states looking at alcohol tax increases. https://t.co/xJeoK0aXT6
