Two employees of a nonprofit museum are not entitled to whistleblower protections in claiming that they were fired for telling the state that it would not be acquiring all of the items it expected in taking over the museum’s collection, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico has ruled. The employees argued that they were seeking to prevent a fraud on the state. The Court ruled that there was no fraud involved. In 2004, the state apparently inquired whether it might be able to acquire the artifacts and historic properties of the Hubbard Museum and the parties entered into a letter of intent saying that an inventory “will be developed through a final agreement.” The museum’s president wanted to...