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Nearly 30 UNM departments and dozens of students headed to Santa Fe for UNM Day at the Roundhouse. Lobos spent the day showcasing the greatness and depth of the university to our local government.

Without fanfare, Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation aimed at putting the lottery scholarship fund back on a solvent track. Wednesday, March 12 was the last day for the Governor to act on bills passed in the 2014 legislative session.

The House of Representatives this afternoon approved the state budget contained in SB 313 with a vote of  58 - 8  and applause for legislators and staff who crafted the compromise.This comes nearly two weeks after the House failed to pass the budget ...

The Senate went for more than six hours on Sunday night and got some work done. 

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...

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...

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 ...