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Cutting Down the Golden Parachute

January 17, 2025
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1.17.2025 – Searchlight New Mexico’s Joshua Bowling sits down with state Attorney General Raúl Torrez to talk about the lawsuit over a $1.9 million buyout for Western New Mexico University’s outgoing president, Joseph Shepard. Bowling broke the story of lavish spending and other possible misconduct at the school in 2023. This week, he asks Torrez…

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AG Torrez on Western New Mexico University Mess & 2025 Legislature Preview

January 16, 2025
The image shows the New Mexico State Capitol, a round building with columns and the state seal above its entrance, under a blue sky.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews three journalists to preview the 2025 legislative session, which begins next week in Santa Fe. Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth, Julia Goldberg, editor-in-chief at Source New Mexico and Dan Boyd, Capitol Bureau chief for the Albuquerque Journal weigh in…

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