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…
Governance – State, Local, and US Governemnt
Stories about operations of general government.
Aging Department Marks Year of Expanded Services for Seniors in New Mexico
State Agency Press Release – From the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department SANTA…
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…
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…
New Mexico Public Defender Commission Welcomes Two New Members
State Agency Press Release – From The New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender…
Governor Convenes Special Legislative Session to Address Federal Funding Cuts and Budget Crisis
State Agency Press Release – From the Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham…
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…
Opportunity Judicial Clerkship Program’s Summer Externships Underway
2025 Judicial Clerkship Program kick-off at the New Mexico Supreme Court. (Names of those people…
New Mexico Receives $17.1 Million from Biden-Harris Administration Awards in Homelessness Help Funding
Biden-Harris Administration Awards nearly $3.6 Billion in Homelessness Assistance Funding to Communities Nationwide Grant awards represent…
Governor’s Office, Agencies Sued for Records in Human Rights Violations Matter.
You should not have to take the Governor to court in order to find out…
New Mexico Governor Quietly Gave Large Raises to Her Staff While Cutting Teacher and State Employee Raise
In a classic “do as I say, not as I do” moment, New Mexico’s Democratic…
The House could prevent unnecessary evictions. Where there’s a will, there is a way.
Part Two – Will House members have the will to force the Governor’s hand and…
UNMH’s Becker gets $67,000 Six-month Bonus, as COVID-19 Quarantined Employees Get Reduced Pay Checks.
On March 27th UNM Chancellor Paul Roth, MD, wrote UNM Hospital CEO Kate Becker to…
National Nurse, Doctor, and Hospital Associations Plea for Additional $1 Billion to Fight COVID-19
In a letter delivered yesterday to U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and…
Large Crowd Expected at Special Town Meeting to Oppose Gravel Pit Proposal
Pepperell – The Pepperell Watchers Community Group expect a large group of voters to turn…