New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez Files Emergency Motion to Halt $1.9 Million Severance Payment by Western New Mexico University Board of Regents
Silver City, NM — Today, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl 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…