Governor Gave Her Staffers Early Raises of 5% to 20%, as She Limited Raises to Teachers and State Employees to 1% 
Legislative Action to Lasting Results 
Veteran Focused Hiring Events Across New Mexico in April 
How Trump’s Expansion of Federal Power Threatens States’ Authority 
DD Waiver Director Memo Points to Failure of Legislators to Fund Increases That Impact Direct Caregivers Pay 
More Handouts for Company Owned by Former Economic Secretary – Keyes Gets $143,388 From Her Old Agency’s New Boss 
Former Secretary Keyes and Apaluma Added to a Second NMED Contract Valued at $977,354, and Promoted by Kenney Stateline: Massachusetts Senate President Sets Bold Agenda
As Donald Trump gets ready to try and move this country backwards in almost every…
Promises, promises …
Sometimes great ideas are scratched out on the back of an envelope, or maybe a…
Tycoons get the cake, while New Mexico’s kids can’t even find the crumbs.
New Mexico’s children cannot afford to sit on the bench while the rest of the…
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…