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Today is Monday, May 20, 2024.
Editor Tierna Unruh-Enos has been following the city’s response to asbestos at the Gateway Center, who knew what and when and what some people are saying was done to cover it up. Today, she has a story about a former manager with Risk Management who filed a lawsuit alleging that she was asked to use the department as a “slush fund” for payouts that violated city policy and the law.
Do you love transparency, audits, schools and financial matters? APS is looking for two community members to serve on its audit committee. Reporter Rodd Cayton has more on what the committee does and why it’s important.
Check out those stories and more at City Desk ABQ.
Lawsuit: City leaders attempted to use Risk Management as a ‘slush fund’
Manager alleges she was told to stop raising concerns about asbestos at Gateway
By Tierna Unruh-Enos
A former city manager within the Risk Management Division filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the City of Albuquerque on May 17 citing intimidation, false accusations and disregard for workplace safety laws concerning asbestos at the Gateway Center. The lawsuit was filed by Jeanette Chavez, an official within Risk Management who […]
Two seats open on APS audit committee
District seeks a parent and someone with an accounting and financial background
By Rodd Cayton
Albuquerque Public Schools is looking for two community members to serve on the district’s audit committee. They will serve alongside board members, the superintendent and […]
Local headlines
Catch-up:
Officials who flagged asbestos dangers at Gateway Center told to stay home, given sick leave as city fined by state
New lawsuit says official retaliated against for raising workplace safety concerns
By Tierna Unruh-Enos
At least two senior officials who raised concerns about the city’s mishandling of asbestos exposure […]
The Hot Ticket Seat
State Senate District 9 is a highly sought-after seat for Dems and GOP alike
By The Paper.
By Tierna Unruh-Enos / The Paper. In Senate District 9, four candidates are looking to […]
Fees for fun things in ABQ won’t be raised
Council replenishes city budget
By Rodd Cayton
Albuquerque City Councilors have dropped proposed fee increases from Mayor Tim Keller’s draft budget for […]
New Mexico headlines
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UNM Hospital nurse adopts baby from the NICU
By Nicole San Roman and Tom Szymanski, UNM Health Sciences
Many nurses describe the job they do every day as a calling. But for one nurse at The University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital, her life’s calling came the day she was asked to take care of a newborn—not as a nurse, but as a mother. […]
New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas
Scientists say the lizards are found only in the Permian Basin
By Associated Press
By SCOTT SONNER / Associated Press Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern […]
National
Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
Justice Dept. calls DEA criteria for cannabis reclassification “impermissibly narrow”
By Associated Press
In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” […]
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