/tags/department-of-justice Department of Justice en-US Copyright Fri, 16 May 2025 23:41:18 GMT /NMDOJ-NM-dept-of-justice-launches-federal-disruptions-cuts-tracker-interactive-map-trump-cuts-DOGE The New Mexico Department of Justice has released an interactive map showing some of the impacts of federal funding cuts. The map was added to the federal disruptions tracker the NMDOJ launched last month. Fri, 16 May 2025 23:41:18 GMT /NMDOJ-NM-dept-of-justice-launches-federal-disruptions-cuts-tracker-interactive-map-trump-cuts-DOGE Daniel Montaño /local-news/2025-01-09/new-mexico-attorney-general-files-suit-against-joseph-shepard-and-wnmu-board-of-regents New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members of the Board of Regents to court over a $1.9 million buyout payment they awarded to Shepard, who state investigators say has routinely engaged in “wasteful” and “improper” spending of taxpayer dollars. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:24:43 GMT /local-news/2025-01-09/new-mexico-attorney-general-files-suit-against-joseph-shepard-and-wnmu-board-of-regents Joshua Bowling, Searchlight New Mexico /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on a portal run by the state Department of Justice. But click on any entries and you'll mostly just find info like age, sex, and the agency the person was reported to. There are no photos attached to any of the entries. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:12:45 GMT /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth /local-news/2024-03-12/attorney-general-launches-online-portal-to-help-track-and-search-mmip-cases New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a new online portal Tuesday meant to address the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:55:53 GMT /local-news/2024-03-12/attorney-general-launches-online-portal-to-help-track-and-search-mmip-cases Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2017-09-19/crime-and-the-election-in-albuquerque Let’s Talk New Mexico 9/21 8a: It’s the No. 1 issue on voters’ minds heading into the municipal election on October 3. Some mayoral and Council candidates… Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:20:02 GMT /local-news/2017-09-19/crime-and-the-election-in-albuquerque Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-05-10/police-reform-advocate-says-apd-has-a-leadership-problem A lawyer with the Department of Justice said in Federal Court on Wednesday, May 10, that the Albuquerque Police Department has made “remarkable progress”… Thu, 11 May 2017 02:58:09 GMT /local-news/2017-05-10/police-reform-advocate-says-apd-has-a-leadership-problem Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-04-21/ending-campus-sexual-assault ��ɫ�� Call In Show Thu. 4/27 8a. For years, the University of New Mexico’s been heavily criticized about how it handles sexual assault, and it’s Sexual… Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:31:13 GMT /local-news/2017-04-21/ending-campus-sexual-assault Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-04-20/unm-students-stand-with-sexual-assault-survivors It’s been about a year since the Department of Justice released the results of its investigation into how New Mexico’s flagship university handles sexual… Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:15:43 GMT /local-news/2017-04-20/unm-students-stand-with-sexual-assault-survivors Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2017-03-16/apd-were-still-committed-to-reform The Trump Administration’s approach to reviewing local police departments’ use of force practices has some local police reform advocates concerned. But… Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:08:20 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-03-16/apd-were-still-committed-to-reform /local-news/2016-10-06/sandy-defends-police-banter-before-boyd-shooting After James Boyd was shot and killed by members of the Albuquerque Police Department, a recording emerged of one of those officers telling a colleague he… Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:43:25 GMT /local-news/2016-10-06/sandy-defends-police-banter-before-boyd-shooting Marisa Demarco