For the past week or so media folks and state employee groups have been hearing rumors that the Martinez Administration is planning a reorganization of human service (HR) departments in state government. Details have not been clear, but...

As Donald Trump gets ready to try and move this country backwards in almost every way imaginable, moderate and progressive leaders all across the United States are being asked to take action … not just scare people into...

Sometimes great ideas are scratched out on the back of an envelope, or maybe a keen observation is jotted down on a napkin in the coffee shop … like the message contained in the image accompanying...

New 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...

When 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...

New 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...

Sidebar 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...

PART 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...

We’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...

“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...

The 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...

Over 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...

(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,...

UPDATE: 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 – 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...