Medigap Bill Passes House, Heads to Governor’s Desk 
New Mexico Adds 35 Apprenticeship Programs Under Lujan Grisham, Now Training 2,607 Workers 
State and Public School Employee Pay Raise Evaporates in Senate Committee to Cover Cost of Governor’s State Fair Deal 
New Mexico Environment Secretary Mourns EPA Repeal of “Endangerment Finding” Policy on Greenhouse Gas 
DD Waiver Community Should Ask Senate to Restore DDSD Funding to at Least the Executive Requested Amount 
Blue Pony Energy selects Lovington for clean fuels manufacturing facility 
With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws 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…
“What are they trying to hide at Town Hall?”
Pepperell Town Government: For a Chosen Few the Bucks Just Keep Flowing – along with…