Tuesday, March 7, 2017 – Dummy Bills are making an appearance at the Roundhouse.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Dummy Bills are making an appearance at the Roundhouse. Yeah The Candle has been a bit...
Year: 2017
Bill attempts to limit TIDD use, to prevent Santolina-like sprawl.
A bill before the New Mexico House would limit the use of certain tax subsidies available to large development companies to redevelopment projects....
Kids to get short shrift again?
Despite having won the House back and increasing their margins in the Senate, it seems Democrats are coming up short...
Monday, March 6, 2017 – House and Senate Action on Revenue and Early Childhood Ed?
Monday, March 6, 2017 – House and Senate Meet in Full Floor Session today and in Committee Meetings. They are...
UPDATED: So, who could be against a bill entitled the Patient Safe Staffing Act? House Republicans.
UPDATED: The Patient Safe Staffing Act advances further in the Legislature, on a vote of 6-5, along strict party lines. (Please...
Saturday, March 4, 2017 – House and Senate Meet in Full Floor Session today – Some Committee Meetings
Saturday, March 4, 2017 - House and Senate Meet in Full Floor Session today – Some Committee Meetings As they...
The Time To Pass Early Childhood Education is NOW.
Kids gather to tell lawmakers they need a chance. A few days ago hundreds of very young children of New...
Representative Debbie Rodella – Queen of denial.
With fellow Democrat Jim Trujillo sidelined from the House of Representatives while recovering from hospitalization, Debbie Rodella, Chairwoman of the...
Unemployment: New Mexico just became worst in USA at keeping people employed.
Another reminder for legislators to seriously advance a real economic development and revenue program to the governor’s desk regardless of...
Matters at the Roundhouse for Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
Matters at the Roundhouse for Wednesday, March 1, 2017. A few of the so-called “Dummy Bills” are beginning to pop...
New Mexico – Some good FRAC-ing news: More Kids getting fed school breakfasts.
(The Candle editor was notified by an email from The Pew Charitable Trusts of the following ‘good news’ and promising...
McCamley holds Dems together in House Labor Committee.
Representative Bill McCamley (D-Mesilla Park) started his third term in the New Mexico House in January, and his experience is...
Health Security Act before House Appropriations and Finance this afternoon.
House Bill 101, The Health Security Act, filed by Representatives Debbie Armstrong and Bobby Gonzales, was referred to the House...
Democratic Leadership lacking focus.
To many veterans of the Roundhouse, the Democratic leadership is lacking focus. One by one, progressive initiatives are being summarily executed....
Another inglorious recognition … New Mexico places 46th in U.S. News and World Report ranking of states.
In yet another comparison by a national publication, New Mexico came in the bottom five in a ranking of which...
