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Tycoons get the cake, while New Mexico’s kids can’t even find the crumbs.
Jan 5, 2017New Mexico’s children cannot afford to sit on the bench while the rest of the world passes them by. State government has benched hundreds of thousands of children in favor of selfish players who’s greed insures more... -
EDITORIAL. “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose …”
Dec 31, 2016When President Obama takes his final flight on Air Force One in just a few weeks, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer will become the highest ranking elected Democrat in the United States. Senator Schumer will be... -
To jump start its economy, New Mexico cannot continue snubbing federal assistance
Dec 29, 2016New Mexico’s economic pulse is barely evident these days … it has become a ‘dead state walking.’ If the state is to jump start its economy, its leadership cannot continue to malinger when it comes to seeking help from... -
Almost $1 Million Awarded in Conference Contracts to Hotels and Casino Resort on behalf of NM PED’s programs
Dec 28, 2016Sidebar on education spending: The Candle has been researching an investigative series on spending by the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) under the direction of Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera on programs that are best... -
UPDATED: NM PED spends millions on sole source contracts to out of state companies
Dec 23, 2016PART ONE. The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) is spending millions of dollars on no bid contracts with out of state entities. This practice has been going on since at least 2013, and generally out of... -
Which was first, the legislator or the lobbyist? In one instance, apparently both.
Dec 20, 2016We’re going to mix up the metaphors a bit. No, its, not a golden parachute, nor is it a typical nest egg. What we have here is a golden nest egg. All kinds of good government groups... -
The pathway to a BETTER BUDGET …
Dec 20, 2016“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.” Here is a plea to New Mexico’s legislators. New Mexico needs a Better Budget … a... -
Taos Hospital Study Committee – Putting the ‘Community’ back into Community Hospital
Dec 20, 2016The Taos Hospital Study Committee was created for all stakeholders: consumers, patients, the doctors, nurses and staff, administrators and elected officials to plan for their Hospital – a good idea for a hospitals. How this serves... -
Almost too ridiculous to be real …
Dec 19, 2016Over the past few years hospital CEO’s having been striving to hypnotize the American public into thinking patients can get better if hospitals can reduce their operational costs … basically these CEO’s have been cutting back... -
Is the Sun Quietly Setting on Oil & Gas? – Part one – 21st Century Solutions for NM.
Dec 19, 2016(This is the first in a series about the need for New Mexico political leaders to stop sticking their heads in the sand and come up with a plan for 21st Century solutions for job creation,... -
Augustin Plains Ranch: New Mexico’s Sequel to China Town?
Jan 7, 2016UPDATE: The New Mexico Legislature will convene for it’s sixty day session in about ten more days. As the Augustin Plains Ranch has submitted a new application to the Office of the State Engineer to drill scores of... -
The Candle – Renews Coverage December 23, 2016!
Dec 19, 2015The Candle – a place to find news and commentary on issues important to working families. We will be publishing stories which are missed or barely covered by other media. While some in the legislature run...
