NM Early Childhood Agency Budget Gaffe Places Family, Infants, and Toddler Services in Jeopardy
Provider agencies serving infants and toddlers are losing important personnel and have been “left holding…
Editor
NM Democrats, Including Many Progressives, Quietly Pocket Big Tobacco and Vaping Campaign Cash – Part One.
(Photo Credit: Screenshot from Article at Hawai‘i Public Health Institute) Generally, as Aesop suggested, “You…
Fired – With Benefits. Ousted UNM Leader Given Million Dollar Separation Options.
But First, It’s Labor Day… So, before the oratory begins about the importance of workers…
Change in Leadership at UNM Health Sciences Center – Dr. Douglas Ziedonis Out, Dr. Mike Richards In?
Breaking News The Candle received a copy of a letter circulating through the University of…
Oil and Gas Sends $2.9 Million in Campaign Cash to Roundhouse Pols – $325,000 to Progressive House Leaders
From left to right, Speaker Javier Martinez (D), House Appropriations and Finance Committee Chair and…
New Mexico Revenue Forecast for FY 25: About $659 Million in “New Money”
House an Senate Members of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee are conducting their meetings…
Hearing Officer: Public Cannot Question or Offer Statements Regarding McWilliams Conflict of Interest on Produce Water Rule
This morning, at 9:00 AM MT, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) will…
Governor Raises Pay of Medicaid Director by $79,976, Who Plans Real Cuts of Funds for 1,200 of Most Vulnerable on DD Waiver
Dana Flannery Plans to Cut Funds for 1,266 of the Most Vulnerable Recipients of the…
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Water Quality Control Commission Member McWilliams Related to Her Company’s “Produced Water” Interests
Complaint Seeks Investigation for Potential Violations of the Governmental Conduct Act, Financial Disclosure Act, and…
US Inspector General To New Mexico HSD: State Owes Feds $120 Million For Failing to Recoup Over-payments to MCOs
In a report released in May, the United States Health and Human Services Office of…
HSD Proposed Rates: Likely Decrease For Most Vulnerable on DD Waiver – Despite Legislators Approving Budget Increases
Despite 2023 State Study Noting Serious Deficiencies and Unavailability of Services, the Developmental Disabilities Wavier…
As WQCC Member McWilliams Claims No Conflict of Interest, State Records Show Her Husband’s Company had 21 Produced Water Spills – 11 Classified as “Major”
At least eighteen of the Logos company “produced water” spills occurred since Governor Michelle Lujan…
Continued Underpayment for Care of Developmentally Disabled Leads to 33.9% Increase in Abuse and Neglect
Lack of Workforce Once Again Strikes Waiver Needs (This reporting has been updated on Saturday,…
The First Amendment Is Clear – And UNM’s Arrest of Journalists is Inexcusable
First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the…
Legislative Finance Committee Report Confirms State Employee Classification and Compensation System is Broken
“The classification and compensation structures are out of sync with the current labor market, negatively…