Journalism
High school seniors, apply for a journalism scholarship
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High school students from Doña Ana and Luna counties: If you’re interested in studying journalism in college, we have a scholarship to tell you about.
Health
Audit finds problems with 2013 behavioral health transition
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The chaotic transition a state agency forced last year from 15 New Mexico-based health organizations to five Arizona companies had many problems, an annual audit has found.
Health
Same audit, different sections, contradictory charts
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Two charts of the Public Consulting Group audit that illustrate the severity of the findings against The Counseling Center in Alamogordo contradict each other. The reason for the discrepancy isn’t clear.
Health
AG releases new portion of health audit
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A state-hired auditor found $1,873 in questionable Medicaid payments to a health-care provider cleared of fraud last week by the state’s top cop, according to a portion of the audit released Wednesday.
Politics
NMID puts legislators’ expense reports online
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Until now, if you wanted to find out how much state lawmakers were reimbursed for travel expenses including mileage, hotel and meal costs, you had to sift through multiple binders in the legislative library at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. No more.
Health
AG clears one health organization in fraud probe
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The Attorney General’s Office says it found “insufficient evidence to support allegations of fraud” against one of 15 health organizations it was asked to investigate more than six months ago.
On the air
Talking about the top NM stories of the year
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Click on the headline to watch New Mexico In Depth Executive Director Trip Jennings and other journalists talk about the state’s top stories of 2013.
Health
AG’s argument for secrecy is ‘terrifying,’ news orgs say
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Because it isn’t a law enforcement agency, the N.M. Human Services Department can’t justify keeping an audit of 15 health providers secret using the law enforcement exception to a state sunshine law, two news organizations suing for release of the audit say.
Health
AG: Audit release would hamper probe, ‘fatally undermine’ law
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The state can withhold an audit of 15 health providers under investigation for potential Medicaid fraud because such secrecy is necessary to protect the criminal probe, the Attorney General’s Office says.
Politics
Sunshine group needs to become insurgent
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COMMENTARY: The state’s leading transparency group considered giving the governor and attorney general its top award even as it prepared to sue them for keeping an audit secret. That’s ludicrous, and it’s indicative of changes the organization needs to make.