Proposed Bernalillo County nepotism guidelines might loosen current rules, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Employees working in corrections, fire and rescue and law enforcement and any individual with “pre-existing family relationships” would be exempted from the new rules.
Lawyers says the state will pay $1.4 million to settle two lawsuits filed after rollover accidents on an icy Interstate 25 bridge at the Eldorado exit, the Santa Fe New Mexico reports.
The New Mexico Supreme Court suspended a prominent Las Cruces criminal defense attorney from practicing law, citing various violations of the Code of Professional Conduct by Jose Luis “Joe” Arrieta, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports.
A 47-year-old Farmington resident was arrested on more than 20 counts of child pornography as he served food to inmates at the city’s DWI Treatment Center, where he works, according to the Farmington Daily-Times.