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New Mexico Attorney General suing WNMU leaders after outgoing president gets $1.9M payout
The New Mexico Attorney General is taking aim at Western New Mexico University and sending the message that rewarding the former president’s questionable behavior, will not be tolerated. On Thursday,
New Mexico attorney general seeks to claw back WNMU president's $1.9M buyout
Raúl Torrez also filed a complaint seeking to end Joseph Shepard's separation agreement, which the lawsuit calls an "unconscionable contract."
NM AG Torrez seeks to stop WNMU president from spending his $1.9 million payout
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard from spending a $1.9 million severance payment issued to him a week ago. Torrez filed a supplementary restraining order Thursday and a new complaint alleging additional violations on the part of Shepard and the university board of
State AG seeks to restrain WNMU president from spending payout, invalidate contract
Learning that Western New Mexico University processed the $1.9 million severance payment to departing President Joseph Shepard, state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said Thursday that he filed a motion
New Mexico AG files motion to halt $1.9M buyout for WNMU president
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a motion to block a $1.9 million buyout for the departing president of Western New Mexico University.
WNMU processed $1.9M buyout ahead of ruling on effort to block it
Western New Mexico University has processed a $1.9 million payment to embattled outgoing President Joseph Shepard amid the state's effort to block the buyout, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Thursday.
New Mexico attorney general sues university over 'golden parachute' payment to outgoing president
New Mexico’s top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University's regents and outgoing president to try to undo a ...
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WNMU president 'refuses' to turn over $1.9 million severance payout amid growing criticism
"We reached out to his attorney and asked him to voluntarily submit that payment to the court — he refused to do that," NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez said.
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An Embattled President Got a Multimillion-Dollar Exit Package. Now the Governor Is Stepping In.
Faculty at Western New Mexico University and the state’s governor have called for the regents to step down following outrage ...
Governor works to replace 'tone-deaf' regents at Western New Mexico University
More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned, a confirmation that came ...
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Western New Mexico U President’s Golden Parachute Irks Lawmakers
The president, who led the university for 13 years and faced criticism for his spending, received an exit package that will ...
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New Mexico AG files lawsuit against WNMU board of regents
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says nearly $2 million was already paid out to former Western New Mexico University President Dr. Joseph Shepard despite Torrez taking action to stop those ...
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Western regents meeting canceled with only one member remaining
A meeting of the Western New Mexico Board of Regents was abruptly canceled Tuesday after more members heeded the governor's ...
After a year of scrutiny, Joseph Shepard to resign as WNMU president
Shepard and the regents have been under the microscope for more than a year after a 2023 Searchlight New Mexico investigation ...