After the WNMU spending scandal, New Mexico’s top prosecutor wanted to make sure a possible solution was on the agenda this ...

Attorney General Raúl Torrez and leaders of both chambers of the New Mexico Legislature unveiled proposals Monday designed to enhance oversight and accountability of administrator contracts at public ...

This all comes after the state auditor’s office released a report revealing questionable spending of $360,000 in university money under former WNMU president Dr. Joseph Shepard over a five-year ...

The controversial exit package for former Western New Mexico University president Joseph Shepard could have ... fraction of university expenses. At WNMU, a university that enrolled 3,570 students in ...

Since 2011, Dr. Joseph Shepard has been the president of WNMU. This past year, he has been questioned for using university money on international trips and expensive furniture. During a board ...

Anderson, Partner, Holland & Hart, Counsel to Dr. Joseph Shepard. Stay updated on the latest ... a full-time teaching position for the WNMU School of Business and an eight-month sabbatical for ...

Learning that Western New Mexico University processed the $1.9 million severance payment to departing President Joseph Shepard ... also filed a lawsuit against WNMU Board of Regents’ five ...

Torrez called the severance payout to Shepard an egregious misuse of public funds and a betrayal of the WNMU Board of Regents’ responsibility to act in the best interest of the university and ...

Western New Mexico University (WNMU) has sparked controversy after paying outgoing president Joseph Shepard a $1.9 million buyout despite legal efforts by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez ...

The university's controversial president, Joseph Shepard, described Jones as a sitting ... She issued a stronger statement Tuesday. "The WNMU Board's tone-deaf decision to approve a $1.9 million ...

Jan. 9—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 ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency motion in court on Monday to stop Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from paying a nearly $2 million ...