Medicaid Trust Fund Gets Close to $1 Billion Windfall. It’s Time for a Plan to Boost DDSD and Elder Caregiver Salaries 
Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Colorado Blaze. “It’s devastating for the wildland firefighting community.” 
Salary Surfing, Pension Boost, and Revolving Door for DOH CFO Retiring; Returning Next Day as Contract Employee 
In More States, Older People Outnumber Children – Including in New Mexico 
Supreme Court Delivers a Victory for Pesticide Companies Over Cancer Claims 
CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for New World Screwworm Response 
DDSD Services in Jeopardy From Sloppy Transition of Turquoise Claims System NM Economic Development Department Opens $5 Million in Tech Grants
Grants will help develop & support system programming & infrastructure State Agency Press Release –…
25 New Mexico Legislators Urge Water Quality Control Commission to Protect State Waters and Uphold Prior Decisions
State Legislators’ Press Release – From Members of the New Mexico House and Senate. “We…
New Mexico Economic Development Department Names Technology and Innovation Office Leaders
State Agency Press Release – From the New Mexico Economic Development Department SANTA FE —…
307 Trainees Assisted Through State Job Training Program
State Agency Press Release – From the New Mexico Economic Development Department Over 1,200 Workers…
Resilience and culture at Jemez Historic Site, remembering the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Sate Agency Press Release – From the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs August 4th,…
State of New Mexico now certified as Age-Friendly Employer
State Agency Press Release – From the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department and…
Investing with Purpose: Building New Mexico’s Future
State Agency Press Release – Guest Editorial From Senator Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas New Mexico’s…
Millions in Hidden, Extra Compensation for a Handful of Neurosurgeons, Exposes Severe Pay Disparity at UNM Hospital
More Than 2,100 Employees of the UNM Health System Made Less Than a Living Wage…
$22 Million in Extra Pay to Handful of Neurosurgeons Not Disclosed on UNM Sunshine Portal in Last Four Fiscal Years
Small Group of UNM Neurosurgeons “Primary Salary” Vastly Understates Their Actual Compensation – Including as…
Five hundred+ rural locations gain high-speed internet access
$6.8M federal funding connects previously unserved communities State Agency Press Release – From the Office…
Is UNM Throwing Another Neurosurgery Resident Under the Bus to Protect Highly Paid Faculty/Attending Doctors?
According to reports from sources at UNM’s Hospital, leadership of the School of Medicine (SOM)…
Hydrogen Isn’t the Future – It’s a Fossil Fuel Rebrand
Organization Press Release – From New Mexico No False Solutions By Alejandria Lyons, Coalition Coordinator,…
Gaslit by Their Employer: CWA Union Workers at NMDOH Fight for a Safe Workplace
NOTE: The Candle sent two emails to, and left two phone messages for, the New…
Appeal Pledged After Dismissal of Landmark New Mexico Oil, Gas Pollution Lawsuit
Organization Press Release – From the Center for Biological Diversity SANTA FE, N.M.— Plaintiffs pledged…
GOP Cuts to Food Assistance Would Hit Rural America Especially Hard
Originally Published by Stateline. “Stateline journalists illuminate the big challenges and policy trends that cross…