New Mexico’s new Legislative Council Service head says he’s eager to lead at time of ‘big change’

New Mexico’s Legislative Council on Friday afternoon named Ethan Watson as the next director of the Legislative Council Service, the state Legislature’s nonpartisan legal research and bill-drafting agency.

The bipartisan Legislative Council, which includes many high-ranking state lawmakers from both parties, selected Watson over three other candidates following a roughly three-hour meeting in closed executive session. Other candidates included current LCS Assistant Director Randall Cherry, State Personnel Office Director Dylan Lange and a third interviewee …