Cannabis Control Division spokeswoman paid $125 an hour under no-bid contract – Yahoo News

Bernice Geiger, public information officer and marketing director for the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, which oversees the Cannabis Control Division, did not respond to a request for a telephone interview.

The initial contract with Brewer, signed in August, was for $32,375, including gross receipts taxes.

Blair served as Heinrich’s legislative and communications director from January 2009 to January 2013, according to his LinkedIn page.

For 10 months of part-time work, Brewer will be paid more or about as much as some of the state’s full-time public information officers earn in a year.

‘Today’ show weatherman Al Roker and his wife, ABC News reporter Deborah Roberts, posted a photo of their son, Nick, on Instagram.

Orlando SentinelThe Missouri father of the 14-year-old boy who died while on an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday said his son knew he was in danger—and he wants to make sure no other child feels like that again.

UPDATE 5:50 PM: Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 substances in his system at the time of his death, according to a “forensic medical study,” the results of which were released Saturday by Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office, CNN reports.

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