Independent Oversight Proposed
An inspector at the New Mexico Human Services Department told a federal judge that he hasn’t completed his investigation into allegations that state employees forged food aid applications, but he added that
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Lawyers representing people impacted by the department’s mismanagement of federal food and medical benefits have proposed an independent manager provide outside oversight on the way those programs are administered, but journalist Justin Horwath reports
to help the department comply with a consent decree in the decadesold class action lawsuit.
[Earnest] wants the court to order the appointment of a consultant with expertise in the welfare programs who can train employees in field offices across the state and update the court on the department’s progress in complying with federal law.”
During the second day of a preliminary hearing in Albuquerque, a former speaker of the state House and a cabinet secretary testified that
to enable the sale of a historic state building in Santa Fe in 2014. A qualifying real estate broker also testified that he felt cheated by Griego after he received a smaller fee than the men had previously agreed would be paid.
Violent crime, which includes homicide, rape, aggravated assault and robbery, jumped by 9.6 percent while property crime, such as burglary, auto theft larceny and arson, was up 11.7 percent.
Correction: Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Joel Boyd has accepted a job with a California-based firm, but he tells SFR he's not necessarily "leaving for California," as Morning Word reported yesterday. Boyd's work will have him traveling, he says, and he might just keep his home base in Santa Fe. (And we also goofed on his first name. Sorry, Joel.)
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