Raul Burciaga is new Legislative Council Services director

The Legislative Council just chose assistant director Raul Burciaga to replace outgoing director Paula Tackett, who announced her retirement in April.

Burciaga, who graduated from UNM Law School in 2000, said he has no immediate plans to make big changes to the council service. No doubt he'll be busy running the council, which is seen by some as one of the toughest jobs at the Capitol because it often involves brokering deals between the two parties, and even between factions of the same party.