ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University’s regents and outgoing president to try to undo a lucrative severance package that included a nearly $2 million payout approved in the wake of a scathing report that detailed wasteful spending and lax financial oversight at the school. The attorney general’s office initially filed an emergency motion …
NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general sued the New York Police Department on Thursday, calling the rough treatment of protesters against racial injustice last spring part of a longstanding pattern of abuse that stemmed from inadequate training, supervision and discipline. She issued a preliminary report in July that cited a “clear breakdown of trust between police and the public.” …
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Monday brought a lawsuit against three distributors of opioids after winning a lawsuit against one drug manufacturer and reaching pretrial settlements in other cases. It was brought into being by the pharmaceutical industry.” The lawsuit said the defendants “distributed what can only be called a major oversupply of opioids into Oklahoma.” …
