Students in New Mexico utilizing the state’s Lottery Scholarship received good news recently when the N.M. Higher Education Department announced the full amount of base tuition for eligible students at all public and tribal colleges and universities for...
Last Monday, undergraduate students from the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM) headed up to the Roundhouse for UNM Day to lobby for the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Scholarship.
Since 1996, the Legislative Lottery Scholarship...
Students at The University of New Mexico will receive more funding from the state lottery scholarship than last year, according to new numbers released by the state Higher Education Department.
Eligible UNM students will receive $2,294 per student/per...
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.
It’s all over but the sighing. The New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die at noon today, leaving the state with a budget package that ensures the really hard work is yet to come and will occur in the trenches.
The mandatory bills for the 30-day...
One of the few lottery bills that actually had legs this legislative session had them cut out from under them this afternoon. House Ways and Means rejected SB 180/a, the bill that sought to remove a mandate that sent 30 percent of lottery revenue to...
All through this legislative session, much has been heard about the increasingly bad news regarding decreasing revenues and how difficult this makes crafting a state budget. There have been many calls for revenue enhancement (read tax increase), even...
The Tuesday morning session, when the New Mexico Department of Higher Education presented its funding wish list, evolved into a wide-ranging, sometimes lively discussion on topics like funding formula stabilization, disagreement over performance measures...
ASUNM Governmental Affairs is hosting this year's Lottery Scholarship Summit at the University of New Mexico. ASUNM hopes student representatives from institutions across the state can rally behind a clear message to bring to lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session.