A.G. Torrez Files Emergency Motion to Halt $1.9 Million Severance Payment by Western New Mexico University Board of Regents
January 07, 2025
January 07, 2025
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 7 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025:
Silver City, NM -- Today, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from disbursing a $1,909,788 severance payment to departing President Dr. Joseph Shepard. In seeking to prevent a gross misuse of funds appropriated to support the education of Western' . . .
Silver City, NM -- Today, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from disbursing a $1,909,788 severance payment to departing President Dr. Joseph Shepard. In seeking to prevent a gross misuse of funds appropriated to support the education of Western' . . .