July 06, 2026
A New Mexico school board has said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn't hold any authority to enforce subpoenas seeking seven years of applicant and employment data to investigate an alleged race discrimination charge against the board, telling a district court its suit against the federal agency must be first resolved.
August 22, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that it asked a New Mexico federal judge to enforce subpoenas seeking testimony from school administrators in a workplace investigation into Native American bias, after the district balked at the probe and called it a "fishing expedition."