Building Momentum for a Prosperous New Mexico 
Universities, Colleges Speak Out Against Unprecedented Overreach and Political Interference Endangering American Higher Education. 
New Mexico Office of Housing to join Workforce Solutions Department 
Advocates Concerned WQCC Decision to Allow Oil & Gas Waste Discharge Puts New Mexicans at Risk 
ENVIRO ALERT: EPA Will Revise Wastewater Regulations for Oil and Gas Extraction to Help Unleash American Energy (ELGs: Oil and Gas) 
ENVIRO ALERT: Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise Waters of the United States Rule 
The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas the hardest – From Stateline Newsroom 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…
Front-line Healthcare Employees and First Responders Deserve an Answer from the Governor
Since early March, when she issued Executive Order 2020-004, declaring a state of public health…
UNMH – A Tale of Two Standards.
This is a story that should infuriate policy makers and the public alike – especially…
Do NM Health Officials Think ‘You can’t handle the truth?’
New Mexico health officials have chosen not to share some important information relative to COVID-19…
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…
UNMH Bosses Rake in $10 Million Plus in Salaries and Bonuses, While 1,200 Employees Make Less Than a Living Wage.
While Chancellor Roth, CEO Becker and their executive colleagues pay themselves collectively more than $10…
Retired UNMH CEO McKernan Gets $150,000/year Until June 2021, for a Half-time Job the Hospital Terminated.
Saturday, March 7, 2020 – The guy getting paid $150,000/year by UNM Hospital for doing…
Get Real About The Importance of Federal Government – The Existential Threat to America Ain’t Fake.
There are problems with the Federal Government. But none of it’s fake. And most of…
How State Governments Impact Quality of Life
UPDATE: Beginning January 9, 2020, The Candle will be reporting on governance issues at the…
All Politics are Local …
Later in January, The Candle will release a new series on how different regions of…
Ethics Complaint Filed with State Against Pepperell BOS Chair Nutter
Pepperell, Massachusetts – Ethics violation complaints against the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Roland…
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…
Nutter Apparently Blind to Ethics Rules on Self Dealing: “Our job is just to sign them. That’s all our job is.”
Monday, September 24, 2018 Selectman Continues to involve himself in matters affecting his wife’s town…
Dynamic Process, or Some Slick Moves Among Cronies? Town Meeting Gets Robbed of Vote.
Pepperell – When former Town Administrator Mark Andrews opened discussion on the FY 2019 town…