ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Auditor's Office says the embattled Martin Luther King, Jr. State Commission also is under investigation by its office for fraud and abuse.
State Auditor spokeswoman Justine Freeman said Tuesday that the commission has been on the state's "at-risk" list for two years and now is facing an investigation.
The New Mexico Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday it was launching its own investigation into the commission but declined to comment further.
Commission executive director Kimberly Greene told the New Mexico State Board of Finance last month the agency overspent nearly $100,000 after Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton asked her to agree to a no-bid contract with an ACT/SAT prep company.
Greene and Stapleton did not return phone messages from The Associated Press.