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…
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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…
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…
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,…
Among WQCC Members Expected to Decide Produced Water Rule: Oil Biz Executive; and Three State Employees Given Big Pay Raises in the Days Leading to NMED Filing Rule
Three state employees who sit on the commission received annual pay raises ranging from $12,376…
With 189 Unfilled Jobs at NMED, Staff Vacancy Gets Worse Under Lujan Grisham and Secretary Kenney Than During Martinez Years
When She Left Office, Governor Martinez’s NMED Had An Employee Vacancy Rate of 18% Despite…
New Mexico Lawmaker Bringing Home the Bacon … But for Whom?
With Help from the Governor and Economic Development Secretary, Patty Lundstrom Funded Her Non-profit with…
Governor’s Office Kept Legislators, and Others in the Dark Re: $750,000 Aid to Company Owned by Speaker Egolf’s Wife.
“As discussed with Tripp, this will go to a condensed media list and post to…
Economic Development Secretary’s Emails Reveal Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham as Key Decision Maker in Egolf Company’s $750,000 LEDA Grant
“Ok. Please send me EDD’s fiscal analysis and where the company is in terms of…
Breaking – The Egolfs and the Governor’s Economic Team.
Above: Former Speaker Brian Egolf, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Acting Secretary of Economic Development…
New Mexico Democrats, Governor Would Change Focus on Water from a Life-Giving Element of Nature to a Commodity
If Governor Lujan Grisham and a handful of self-identified progressive Democrats have their way, Water…
Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil, and Permian Resources Recently Directed Over $230,000 to New Mexico Legislators – More than 75% to Democrats.
(The first in a series from The Candle: “Follow the Money, Food, and Beverages Satiating…
Governor Plays Santa, Giving $7,800 to $18,500 Pay Raises to Personal Staff – While Proposing 3% Raise for Teachers and Most State Employees
One staffer, former Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez got his holiday bump early, receiving his pay…