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Between House Education and Senate Education this morning, seven of the dozen or so bills aimed at lottery scholarship fund solvency were heard.  It looks like their consideration will result in still more bills.   Members of Senate Education, wantin

When the Higher Education funding proposals left House Appropriations Monday evening, it was with the firm directive from committee members that the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) and the executive branch, represented by the Higher Education Dept...

On Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) heard from both the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) and Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) on their respective budget recommendations for the coming year.  Legislators will use these as ...

This fledgling New Year already brings budget recommendations from the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) and the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) that will provide baselines for budget talks in the upcoming session of the New Mexico...

The LFC took up the issue of lottery scholarship solvency Tuesday afternoon.  HED Secretary Jose Garcia told the committee there were two separate issues to be considered...

The highest priority for the University of New Mexico during the 2014 New Mexico legislative session is a funding formula that rewards higher student graduation rates and takes the specific educational mission of the university into account. University

When a freshman is admitted to the University of New Mexico under the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Scholarship program, most don’t realize that the NM Lottery does not pay for the first semester of study. 

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico hosted a summit recently to discuss the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Scholarship. It brought stakeholders together with the experts on education, the lottery ...

Governor Susana Martinez waited until the last hour of the last day to take action on several of the most important bills to emerge from the 2013 session of the New Mexico Legislature, including the state budget, capital outlay and the bill that keeps ...

There is always some drama to be had during the waning hours of the session. The great unknown was whether agreement on funding to buttress the lottery scholarship for the coming year would make it out of conference committee and be adopted on both ...