Paula Tackett, director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service for 22 years and a long-time friend of NCSL, retired in June.

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Paula Tackett, director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service for 22 years and a long-time friend of NCSL, retired in June. The daughter of a state Supreme Court Justice, Tackett is a lawyer who started her career lobbying the Legislature for Northern New Mexico Community College. She joined the Legislative Council Service as a staff attorney and became director in 1988, overseeing everything from bill drafting to redrawing congressional districts to renovating the Capitol and helping set up a foundation so artists and collectors could donate paintings and sculptures to the building. This year she...