/tags/office-of-the-state-auditor Office of the State Auditor en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:48:42 GMT /local-news/2024-11-22/state-auditor-slams-spending-western-new-mexico-university After nearly a year of investigating the Western New Mexico University's books, the New Mexico State Auditor shared his office’s findings with the governor’s office, the State Ethics Commission and the New Mexico Higher Education Department. Examiners focused on the last five years of spending at WNMU and found that the university spent more than $214,000 on 402 domestic and international trips that violated its own policies, along with nearly $150,000 on university credit card transactions that also broke policy. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:48:42 GMT /local-news/2024-11-22/state-auditor-slams-spending-western-new-mexico-university Joshua Bowling, Searchlight New Mexico /public-health-new-mexico/2016-12-06/theres-been-little-progress-on-untested-rape-evidence-kits It’s been almost a year since the New Mexico state auditor’s office announced a special audit of untested sexual assault kits, but law enforcement… Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:38:44 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-12-06/theres-been-little-progress-on-untested-rape-evidence-kits /local-news/2016-09-16/auditor-asks-governor-to-help-emergency-agency New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is late paying out millions in federal disaster relief money it owes local… Fri, 16 Sep 2016 21:35:51 GMT /local-news/2016-09-16/auditor-asks-governor-to-help-emergency-agency Laura Paskus /local-news/2016-06-22/state-auditor-keeping-an-eye-on-medical-marijuana-backlog New Mexicans applying for medical marijuana cards—or renewing them—are waiting too long before they hear back from the Department of Health, according to… Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:25:11 GMT /local-news/2016-06-22/state-auditor-keeping-an-eye-on-medical-marijuana-backlog