Largest US Nurses Union Encouraged by New OSHA Emergency Standards to Protect Front Line Health Care Workers
June 10, 2021 Editor (Originally reported in Roundhouse Movidas, affiliated publication of The Candle.) In…
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US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from the coronavirus
OSHA also releases new guidance for all industries June 10, 2021 US Agency News Release…
NM Supreme Court rules against compensation for losses of businesses due to COVID related restrictions
Administrative Office of the Courts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2021 Contact: Barry Massey, public…
Democratic State Senate Leaders Joined Republicans to Continue State-sponsored Poverty Level Pay to Public Employees.
Women comprise 62% of state employees making under $15/hour When The Candle first broke the…
The Most Powerful Voice Against This Pandemic is Yours.
New Mexico Department of Health Launches New Website for Trusted Voices Campaign May 25, 2021…
Is a Real Time Solutions $1.7 Million No-Bid Contract the Tip of a $24 Million Iceberg?
How silence from a CEO, and avoidance by the Lujan Grisham Administration regarding questions about…
Who Will Win The First “Jiminy Cricket” PIO/Communications Award?
About a year ago, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s communications team, headed by Tripp…
What, Another Pay Raise? Secretary Kenney Should Be Embarrassed – So Many Others Deserved One More Than Him.
Reporter Dan McKay broke the news in this morning’s Albuquerque Journal that Governor Michell Lujan…
Lujan Grisham Administration Quietly OK’d a $40,000 Pay Raise for Celebrity DOT Employee.
While insisting the state could not afford a modest pay raise for employees like New…
As Governor Touts New Mexico’s Successes on Climate Change, Why Such a Low Bar to Control Harmful Levels of Fugitive Dust?
(This is Part Two of a Continuing Series on the Administration of Environmental Policy in…
For Jubilee Residents It’s a Matter of Life and Breath. But for NMED, This Fugitive Dust Is Not Its Problem.
(This is Part One of a Continuing Series on the Administration of Environmental Policy in…
New Mexico Governor Quietly Gave Large Raises to Her Staff While Cutting Teacher and State Employee Raise
In a classic “do as I say, not as I do” moment, New Mexico’s Democratic…
It appears Governor’s staff knew about attorney’s alleged bullying and harassment of women colleagues.
UPDATE: Part 1A – The Governor, her Chief of Staff, General Counsel, and the WCA…