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 EDITORIAL. “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose …”
When President Obama takes his final flight on Air Force One in just a few…
To jump start its economy, New Mexico cannot continue snubbing federal assistance
New Mexico’s economic pulse is barely evident these days … it has become a ‘dead…
Almost $1 Million Awarded in Conference Contracts to Hotels and Casino Resort on behalf of NM PED’s programs
Sidebar on education spending: The Candle has been researching an investigative series on spending by…
UPDATED: NM PED spends millions on sole source contracts to out of state companies
PART ONE. The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) is spending millions of dollars on no…
Which was first, the legislator or the lobbyist? In one instance, apparently both.
We’re going to mix up the metaphors a bit. No, its, not a golden parachute,…
The pathway to a BETTER BUDGET …
“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in…
Taos Hospital Study Committee – Putting the ‘Community’ back into Community Hospital
The Taos Hospital Study Committee was created for all stakeholders: consumers, patients, the doctors, nurses…
Almost too ridiculous to be real …
Over the past few years hospital CEO’s having been striving to hypnotize the American public…
Is the Sun Quietly Setting on Oil & Gas? – Part one – 21st Century Solutions for NM.
(This is the first in a series about the need for New Mexico political leaders…
Augustin Plains Ranch: New Mexico’s Sequel to China Town?
UPDATE: The New Mexico Legislature will convene for it’s sixty day session in about ten more…
The Candle – Renews Coverage December 23, 2016!
The Candle – a place to find news and commentary on issues important to working…