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Roundhouse Nepotism: COVID Funds used to hire High School Student related to Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff? Roundhouse Nepotism: COVID Funds used to hire High School Student related to Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff? LOPD’s Kim Chavez Cook named for prestigious New Mexico legal distinction LOPD’s Kim Chavez Cook named for prestigious New Mexico legal distinction COVID-19 treatments available for high risk individuals COVID-19 treatments available for high risk individuals State agencies collaborate to help New Mexico moms, families find infant formula State agencies collaborate to help New Mexico moms, families find infant formula Governor announces release of annual Climate Strategy Report Governor announces release of annual Climate Strategy Report

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Roundhouse Nepotism: COVID Funds used to hire High School Student related to Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff?

June 10, 2022 Editor
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LOPD’s Kim Chavez Cook named for prestigious New Mexico legal distinction

June 9, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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COVID-19 treatments available for high risk individuals

May 28, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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State agencies collaborate to help New Mexico moms, families find infant formula

May 28, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Governor announces release of annual Climate Strategy Report

May 26, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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New Mexico Governor announces major manufacturing facility in Valencia County

May 26, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Private Medicare Advantage Plans Scrutinized for Denying Medically Necessary Services – U.S. Inspector General Report

April 28, 2022 Editor
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Without a Full Crew, MLG and Kenney Steer NMED Toward Failure – Despite New Methane and Ozone Regulation Policies

April 27, 2022 Editor
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State Launches Family Survey to Improve Early Childhood System for New Mexico Families

April 25, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Big Raises for Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Inner Circle Dwarf Increases to Boots on the Ground Employees

April 25, 2022 Editor
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New Mexico Governor celebrates Earth Day 2022

April 22, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Rust Movie Productions issued ‘Willful’ citation for Halyna Hutchins’ avoidable death on set

April 20, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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State provides another $2.5 million in job training funds to 13 companies in April

April 13, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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New Mexico announces “cradle to career” cross-agency education and workforce data platform

April 13, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Rapid Hire Events for New Mexico Human Services Department, April 12, 2022

April 11, 2022 State Agency Press Release

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Roundhouse Nepotism: COVID Funds used to hire High School Student related to Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff?

June 10, 2022 Editor
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  • Investigative Reporting

Without a Full Crew, MLG and Kenney Steer NMED Toward Failure – Despite New Methane and Ozone Regulation Policies

April 27, 2022 Editor
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  • Investigative Reporting

2nd Hydrogen Hub No-bid Contract Awarded to Oil and Gas Insider – This One Connected to $18,000 in Contributions to Governor Lujan Grisham.

April 9, 2022 Editor
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“It’s all hydrogen all the time here!” – NMED Secretary James Kenney to Hydrogen Hub Advocates

April 7, 2022 Editor

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Roundhouse Nepotism: COVID Funds used to hire High School Student related to Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff?

June 10, 2022 Editor
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  • State Agency Release

LOPD’s Kim Chavez Cook named for prestigious New Mexico legal distinction

June 9, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

COVID-19 treatments available for high risk individuals

May 28, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

State agencies collaborate to help New Mexico moms, families find infant formula

May 28, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

Governor announces release of annual Climate Strategy Report

May 26, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

New Mexico Governor announces major manufacturing facility in Valencia County

May 26, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Breaking News
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  • Health Reporting

Private Medicare Advantage Plans Scrutinized for Denying Medically Necessary Services – U.S. Inspector General Report

April 28, 2022 Editor
  • Breaking News
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  • Investigative Reporting

Without a Full Crew, MLG and Kenney Steer NMED Toward Failure – Despite New Methane and Ozone Regulation Policies

April 27, 2022 Editor
  • Community News
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  • State Agency Release

State Launches Family Survey to Improve Early Childhood System for New Mexico Families

April 25, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Breaking News
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Big Raises for Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Inner Circle Dwarf Increases to Boots on the Ground Employees

April 25, 2022 Editor
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

New Mexico Governor celebrates Earth Day 2022

April 22, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Breaking News
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  • State Agency Release

Rust Movie Productions issued ‘Willful’ citation for Halyna Hutchins’ avoidable death on set

April 20, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Community News
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

State provides another $2.5 million in job training funds to 13 companies in April

April 13, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

New Mexico announces “cradle to career” cross-agency education and workforce data platform

April 13, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Community News
  • Current News
  • State Agency Release

Rapid Hire Events for New Mexico Human Services Department, April 12, 2022

April 11, 2022 State Agency Press Release
  • Breaking News
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  • Investigative Reporting

2nd Hydrogen Hub No-bid Contract Awarded to Oil and Gas Insider – This One Connected to $18,000 in Contributions to Governor Lujan Grisham.

April 9, 2022 Editor
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“It’s all hydrogen all the time here!” – NMED Secretary James Kenney to Hydrogen Hub Advocates

April 7, 2022 Editor
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NMED Hydrogen Hub Contracts go to Energy Industry Insiders – MLG Campaign Contributors

April 5, 2022 Editor
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  • State Agency Release

NMED supports cannabis worker safety. Occupational Health & Safety Bureau ready for rollout of recreational industry

March 31, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Federal and state funding advances important rural water supply project in Eastern New Mexico

March 31, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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Maine Governor Applauds Release of Additional H-2B Visas, Boost to Tourism and Hospitality Sector

March 31, 2022 State Agency Press Release
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New Mexico investing over $130 million for Medicaid home and community based service providers who care for vulnerable New Mexicans

March 31, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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New Mexico Supreme Court to hear arguments in Las Cruces, with case serving as part of a civics program for students

March 22, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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White House Letter Warns: Uninsured New Mexicans Could Lose Access to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

March 21, 2022 Editor
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Four State Senators File Bill to Create a School of Public Health for New Mexico

January 21, 2022 Editor
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New Mexico Human Services to Launch New Web Portal More Responsive To Applicants

January 21, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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  • Non Profit Agency Release

Both the Martinez and Lujan Grisham Administrations spent millions fighting Yazzie/Martinez education lawsuit

January 21, 2022 Editor
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  • Editorial

“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.”- MLK, Jr.

January 17, 2022 Editor
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  • State Agency Release

MLG Budget Recommends Increases in Hunger Initiative Funds Financing

January 14, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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More than 120 Federal Military Medical Personnel to Assist Hospitals in Six States, Including New Mexico

January 13, 2022 Editor
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  • State Agency Release

UNM Grad Alex Greenberg to Head Science and Technology at NM Economic Development

January 13, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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NM AG Hector Balderas files $10.2 Million Settlement on Student Loan Debt Cancellation and Restitution Lawsuit

January 13, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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California AG Announces $1.7 Billion Multi-state Settlement of Student Loan Lawsuit (Including NM?)

January 13, 2022 Editor
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Governor’s Early Childhood Education Budget Features Innovation, Investment

January 13, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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Breaking: President to Announce additional federal medical team support for New Mexico and five other states

January 13, 2022 Editor
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  • OpEd

A School of Public Health Can Transform New Mexico

January 11, 2022 State Senators Cervantes Hickey and Ortiz y Pino
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Governor Lujan Grisham’s 3-year Performance Regarding Yazzie/Martinez is Both Reactionary and Institutionally Racist

January 10, 2022 Bruce Wetherbee
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  • Non Profit Agency Release

NM Voices For Children Promotes Amber Wallin to be New Executive Director

January 9, 2022 Editor
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  • State Agency Release

New Mexico outlines budget proposal for Environment Department

January 9, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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New Mexico Land Office Posts Record for Highest Monthly Earnings, Over $141 Million in December 2021

January 9, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
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New Mexico adopts revised CDC COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines

January 9, 2022 Press Release - Government Agency
  • Breaking News
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  • US Agency Release

Remarks by President Biden at Signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

June 19, 2021 Editor
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Governor Announces New Mexico families to benefit from $94 million in tax relief

June 11, 2021 Press Release - Government Agency
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Largest US Nurses Union Encouraged by New OSHA Emergency Standards to Protect Front Line Health Care Workers

June 11, 2021 Editor
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  • US Agency Release

US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from the coronavirus

June 10, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee
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NM Supreme Court rules against compensation for losses of businesses due to COVID related restrictions

June 7, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

Administrative Office of the Courts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2021 Contact: Barry Massey, public…

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Democratic State Senate Leaders Joined Republicans to Continue State-sponsored Poverty Level Pay to Public Employees.

June 3, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

Women comprise 62% of state employees making under $15/hour When The Candle first broke the…

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What exactly is the ‘Status’ of the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, Governor?

June 2, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

A search of the internet regarding the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women…

  • Community News
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Gov. Lujan Grisham Touts Plan for “High-quality infrastructure” in Las Vegas

May 26, 2021 Press Release - Government Agency

Gov. Lujan Grisham touts key road project, meant to revitalize “the local and area economy,”…

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The Most Powerful Voice Against This Pandemic is Yours.

May 25, 2021 Press Release - Government Agency

New Mexico Department of Health Launches New Website for Trusted Voices Campaign May 25, 2021…

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Gov. Lujan Grisham Visits Bueno Foods and Electric Playhouse, Highlighting State Investments in Business

May 25, 2021 Press Release - Government Agency

Gov. tours Bueno Foods, Electric Playhouse with company officials May 24, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:…

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Is a Real Time Solutions $1.7 Million No-Bid Contract the Tip of a $24 Million Iceberg?

May 22, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

How silence from a CEO, and avoidance by the Lujan Grisham Administration regarding questions about…

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Who Will Win The First “Jiminy Cricket” PIO/Communications Award?

May 21, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

About a year ago, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s communications team, headed by Tripp…

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Governor Hands Out More Big Pay Raises for Highly Paid Staff with COVID Funds for at Least One.

May 21, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

Despite the sound of crickets emanating from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public spin doctors, Roundhouse…

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What, Another Pay Raise? Secretary Kenney Should Be Embarrassed – So Many Others Deserved One More Than Him.

May 8, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

Reporter Dan McKay broke the news in this morning’s Albuquerque Journal that Governor Michell Lujan…

  • Community News
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Lujan Grisham Administration Quietly OK’d a $40,000 Pay Raise for Celebrity DOT Employee.

May 5, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

While insisting the state could not afford a modest pay raise for employees like New…

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  • News Analysis

As Governor Touts New Mexico’s Successes on Climate Change, Why Such a Low Bar to Control Harmful Levels of Fugitive Dust?

May 1, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

(This is Part Two of a Continuing Series on the Administration of Environmental Policy in…

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  • Water and Environmental Issues

For Jubilee Residents It’s a Matter of Life and Breath. But for NMED, This Fugitive Dust Is Not Its Problem.

April 26, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

(This is Part One of a Continuing Series on the Administration of Environmental Policy in…

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  • Governance - State, Local, and US Governemnt
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Governor’s Office, Agencies Sued for Records in Human Rights Violations Matter.

February 26, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

You should not have to take the Governor to court in order to find out…

  • Current News
  • Governance - State, Local, and US Governemnt
  • Investigative Reporting
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New Mexico Governor Quietly Gave Large Raises to Her Staff While Cutting Teacher and State Employee Raise

January 31, 2021 Bruce Wetherbee

In a classic “do as I say, not as I do” moment, New Mexico’s Democratic…

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