Continued Underpayment for Care of Developmentally Disabled Leads to 33.9% Increase in Abuse and Neglect
Lack of Workforce Once Again Strikes Waiver Needs (This reporting has been updated on Saturday,…
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Developer Buys Land in McKinley County, Then With Help of Legislator, Gets State to Build a $30 Million Five Mile Road Through Key Section of His Company’s 26,000 Acres
“If you don’t build it, they won’t come.” – Patty Lundstrom, State Representative and Economic…
Among WQCC Members Expected to Decide Produced Water Rule: Oil Biz Executive; and Three State Employees Given Big Pay Raises in the Days Leading to NMED Filing Rule
Three state employees who sit on the commission received annual pay raises ranging from $12,376…
With 189 Unfilled Jobs at NMED, Staff Vacancy Gets Worse Under Lujan Grisham and Secretary Kenney Than During Martinez Years
When She Left Office, Governor Martinez’s NMED Had An Employee Vacancy Rate of 18% Despite…
New Mexico Lawmaker Bringing Home the Bacon … But for Whom?
With Help from the Governor and Economic Development Secretary, Patty Lundstrom Funded Her Non-profit with…
Governor’s Office Kept Legislators, and Others in the Dark Re: $750,000 Aid to Company Owned by Speaker Egolf’s Wife.
“As discussed with Tripp, this will go to a condensed media list and post to…
Economic Development Secretary’s Emails Reveal Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham as Key Decision Maker in Egolf Company’s $750,000 LEDA Grant
“Ok. Please send me EDD’s fiscal analysis and where the company is in terms of…
Breaking – The Egolfs and the Governor’s Economic Team.
Above: Former Speaker Brian Egolf, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Acting Secretary of Economic Development…
New Mexico Democrats, Governor Would Change Focus on Water from a Life-Giving Element of Nature to a Commodity
If Governor Lujan Grisham and a handful of self-identified progressive Democrats have their way, Water…
Substitute Measure for Oil and Gas Bill (HB 133) Would Leave Out Protections for Children.
It all started out with promising protections for children’s health and improved financial controls over…
Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil, and Permian Resources Recently Directed Over $230,000 to New Mexico Legislators – More than 75% to Democrats.
(The first in a series from The Candle: “Follow the Money, Food, and Beverages Satiating…
More Neglect of DD Waiver Clients. At the New Mexico Human Service and Health Agencies, “It’s Just a Mess All the Way Around.”
In the last several days scores of clients of the Developmental Disability Waiver programs found…
Why Didn’t DOH’s Allen and Acosta Come Clean to Legislators About Lawsuit Seeking Pay for Direct Service Providers?
Breaking News. On Wednesday, at a hearing of the New Mexico Legislative Health and Human…
As New Mexico Faces a Doctor Shortage “Perfect Storm,” UNM Pays Resident Physicians on Par with the Hourly Rate of McDonald’s Crew Members.
This is the first of several stories dealing with the collective failure of UNMH, the…
As New Mexico Hemorrhages Healthcare Workers – Younger Doctors and Other Professionals Are Hesitant to Stay.
This is an introduction to the first of several stories dealing with the collective failure…