Politically connected broker paid fee for work on failed $50 million NM state investment

SANTA FE, N.M. — A Chicago-based financial firm paid a politically connected New Mexico broker to help obtain a $50 million state investment that a whistleblower lawsuit alleges was made as part of a pay-to-play scheme.

New Mexico police identify 7th woman found on Albuquerque construction site

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Medical examiners have identified a seventh woman whose remains were uncovered from an area razed for a housing development in Albuquerque, police said Tuesday.