State workers admit to falsifying data on emergency food assistance applications

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Several state workers have admitted to falsifying information that led to some of the poorest New Mexicans being denied emergency food assistance all to make the state look better.
The admissions came during testimony during a hearing a decades-old lawsuit filed against the state’s Human Services Department.
“This is something we’ve never heard before, but according to workers has been going on for quite some time.&rdq