🌱 Why is Highlands University facing a sweeping state forensic audit now?

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• Why is Highlands University facing a sweeping state forensic audit now?

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Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• State auditor launches forensic audit at New Mexico Highland University after president's ouster (abqjournal.com subscription) — A state-ordered forensic audit is now scrutinizing New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas after the recent removal of its president and several top officials. Investigators are probing alleged systemic problems in procurement, contracting, financial management, and governance, while a related lawsuit by former President Neil Woolf raises questions about a major contracting dispute and local political ties.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• New Mexico Highlands University posted a job opening for Assistant Professor of Political Science in Las Vegas. Apply here.
• Orkin, Inc. posted a job opening for Pest Control Technician - Will Train in Las Vegas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Las Vegas here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Santa Fe

• Santa Fe's new free medical clinic finds new home in Hopewell Mann (searchlightnm.org)
• Lawsuit calls Santa Fe jail's shackling of hospitalized inmate cruel (santafenewmexican.com)
• Heck yeah, we went to Casa Tamalli (sfreporter.com)

Taos

• Election Day: polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (taosnews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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