The New Mexico Attorney General is taking aim at Western New Mexico University and sending the message that rewarding the ...
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 ...
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...
"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.
Citing “greed, self-dealing, and arrogance,” Raúl Torrez announced a civil suit aimed at recovering the $1.9 million buyout awarded to WNMU’s outgoing president ...
Shepard and the regents have been under the microscope for more than a year after a 2023 Searchlight New Mexico investigation ...
Mounting scrutiny over a multimillion-dollar exit package for an outgoing president prompted the regents to resign.
It will be a happy new year for Joseph Shepard, the outgoing president of Western New Mexico University (WNMU), who is scheduled to receive a $1.9 million ...