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LOS LUNAS â All five members of a local elected board have been indefinitely suspended from office by a state agency due to a litany of findings in its most recent audit.
The New Mexico Public Education Department announced Wednesday, May 26, all five members of the Los Lunas Schools Board of Education have been suspended.
âThe entire Los Lunas school board has been suspended due to credible evidence that certain members have persistently violated procurement and public access laws, the state Public School Code, and professional ethical standards,â according to a press release sent out by PED today.
In the press release, PED listed 16 categorized concerns and potential violations by the board, including:
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Many New Mexico businesses believe they have overpaid into the state s Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Terry Keene, owner of Artichoke Café, said the bill couldn t have come at a worse time. I paid over 5% for each one, which is an amazingly high number, dollar number, he said. Up to $7,000 or $8,000 when I usually pay $600 or $800. So, I understand that was a mistake.
The bill for businesses is based on how many of their former employees received unemployment benefits. In New Mexico, businesses were told their rates would not go up if an employee was laid off for pandemic-related reasons.
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One of the big stories to come out of the Roundhouse yesterday actually involves Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. State Auditor Brian Colon announced that he was moving ahead with a special audit of the Governor s discretionary fund, after local reporting discovered more than $13,000 in groceries, liquor purchases and dry cleaning over a six-month period in 2020. A group of Republican lawmakers also requested the audit in a letter to Auditor Colon. The Governor s office has said the purchases were appropriate but may have been excessive at times.
In the House, we saw movement on HB 111 which would offer new protections to tenants in the middle of an emergency like the ongoing pandemic.