New Mexico Department of Justice Announces Maximum, 30-Year Sentence for Abuser of Mary Melero 
Doctors and Hospitals to See Lower Medicaid Payments in Three Dozen States 
New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library Named The Best In The Nation 
National Organization Honors New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee Work for Fourth Year 
NEE Says Fight for Fair Hearing and Clean Air to Continue, Despite Supreme Court’s Denial of Extraordinary Writ in Project Jupiter Case 
Center For Biological Diversity “Incredibly Disappointed” With Supreme Court Denial of Stay of Water Use at Project Jupiter 
New Mexico Supreme Court Denies Enviro Groups Efforts to Slow Down Permit Process and Water Use for Project Jupiter At This Time of Unprecedented Volatility – Bring Back the Uptick Rule
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Let’s Reintroduce Fairness, and Help Reboot America’s Economy.
As Americans sit at home pondering life after COVID-19 and reflecting on the lives of…
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…