Craig Brandt

Longtime state Sen. Craig Brandt, the chamber's Republican whip, is facing a challenge from Democratic newcomer Amina Everett, who’s running as a candidate for change.

A package that has numerous climate tax credits including one for electric vehicles and charging stations passed the Senate Monday.

The Legislative Education Study Committee held its first interim meeting recently to begin building a plan on the many education issues in the state.

Bills are heading to the legislature that would raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Advocates say the higher prices, and the prevention campaigns they’ll fund, will help curb use in a state that struggles with alcoholism and teen nicotine use. But some lawmakers pushed back on that assumption in a hearing of the Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee Tuesday.

New Mexico is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to measurements of child wellbeing–49th according to the Kids Count Report.Thursday at…