Western New Mexico University president resigns after audit citing improper use of public funds

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University's president, who has faced scrutiny over his spending on overseas trips and his wife's use of a university credit card, resigned Friday as part of a deal that guarantees him a new job and $1.9 million. Joseph Shepard's...

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New Mexico's oil income investments now surpass personal income tax revenue

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Efforts by New Mexico to save and invest portions of a financial windfall from local oil production are paying off as state government income on investments surpasses personal income tax collections for the first time, according to a new forecast Monday. ...

Number of women who are state lawmakers inches up to a record high

Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the November election, according to a count released Thursday by the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics. ...

Auditor cites improper use of public funds at Western New Mexico University

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Top officials and regents at Western New Mexico University failed to uphold their fiduciary responsibilities by consistently running afoul of travel and purchasing policies, according to investigators with the New Mexico state auditor's office. The agency...

AP Race Call: Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins reelection to U.S. House in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New Mexico on Wednesday. Bolstered by the support of labor unions, Stansbury's victory further solidifies control over an Albuquerque-based seat that has been held by Democrats since 2009. A former state lawmaker, Stansbury has...

AP Race Call: Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez wins reelection to U.S. House in New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New Mexico on Wednesday. Leger Fernández has spent much of her tenure pressuring the Biden administration and federal land managers to follow through with wildfire recovery in communities devastated by a pair of botched...

Ex-New Mexico state senator John Arthur Smith dies at 82

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico state Sen. John Arthur Smith, a conservative-leaning Democrat who served southwestern District 35 for more than three decades, died Monday. He was 82. Smith died at his Deming home, according to New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales. A cause of...

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. The justices said they will review a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico