Albuquerque, N.M. • Widespread sexual harassment at the New Mexico Statehouse has gone unchecked amid ineffective procedures for reporting and investigating the abuse, according to women lobbyists and elected officials. Democratic consultant Heather Brewer said Monday the harassment ranged from groping to propositions for sex. It has been so common that women lobbyists, legislative aides and even lawmakers exchanged the names of male lawmakers who didn’t harass and those who did to protect each other. “Unfortunately, the culture there is so...
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