State and Public School Employee Pay Raise Evaporates in Senate Committee to Cover Cost of Governor’s State Fair Deal
Almost one hundred thousand state employees, public school teachers, school support and transportation employees saw…
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DD Waiver Community Should Ask Senate to Restore DDSD Funding to at Least the Executive Requested Amount
House Cut Developmental Disability Recommended Spending by $56 Million, While Seeking to Increase Corporate Welfare…
With Friends Like House Democrats, NM’s Developmentally Disabled Don’t Need Any Enemies – Will Senate Be As Uncaring?
New Mexico DD Waiver Community Consistently Dissed By Democrats in Charge Since 2019, the Democrats…
Three Years After Horrific Abuse of Mary Melero, New Mexico Ignores Improving Workforce Serving Most Vulnerable
Almost three years after the horrendous and needless death of a young woman under the…
Heralded as the Medicaid Guru New Mexico Crucially Needed, and After Being Paid $550,000, Dana Flannery Quits
Less than two years as New Mexico’s ‘official’ Medicaid Director, Dana Flannery claims the demands…
Technicality Allowed Governor Lujan Grisham to Dodge a Formal Complaint Under Governmental Conduct Act
A Majority of State Ethics Commission voted to “authorize the filing of a civil action…
New Mexico Should Invest in Real Jobs, Not Handouts to CEO’s and Investor Sector
As House and Senate Finance Committees Meet, Members Need to Look More Closely at the…
Abuse of New Mexico State Procurement Process is Historically Disturbing
For Years Governors and Lawmakers Ignored the Warnings of Legislative Staff that New Mexico’s Procurement…
Just Down the Road: New Investigative Reporting From The Candle
The Candle will deliver new reporting from several months of research and interviews regarding key…
No Bid Spending by Lujan Grisham Eclipses Martinez Administration
This is the first in a series regarding state purchasing by agencies of state and…
Governor and PED Withheld Records From Court Re Criticism of State’s Handling of Yazzie Martinez Case
Public Education Department’s Filing With Court Missing All Pueblo Council of Governors Resolution Criticizing PED…
New Mexico Environment Department Holds Confidential Meetings Re: Clean Transportation Fuel Program Rule Making
A contract attorney representing the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), has insisted that participants of…
For Lujan Grisham’s Administration, the SOP For Use of Sole Source Procurement Code Seems Antithetical to Its Purpose
This is an introduction to a series The Candle will be reporting over the next…
Will Lawmakers Demand Governor Try to Claw Back $168 Million in OIG Identified Medicaid Over-payments to MCOs?
Governor Lujan Grisham and Legislators to Address Federal Cuts in Vital Social Programs With Initial…
Governor, Lawmakers Favor Corporate Welfare Over Most Promising Job Growth Sector Impacting New Mexican Workforce
The Numbers Don’t Lie. Direct Care Health Related Jobs Offer Largest Growth Potential … So,…