N.M. acts to save Lottery scholarship fund

Comment #6

psykomo — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:13:31 GMT

Tuition increases 40% at 4-year institutions and

13% at 2-year schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cost are growing faster than Lottery revenues???

Can any of these Lottery Management BUFFOONS

chew gum, walk, talk or think @ the same time???

If not, maby they need 2 find a JOB @ the ZOO!!!

It appears they will BANKRUPT the school system

and the Lottery won't need money 4 scholarships

4D chillion of New Mexico. NOW thats big winner!

Let D politicians PARTY

Comment #5

psykomo — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:40:35 GMT

WHERE is D CHILLION's MONEY????

we must protect our women chillion's

from starvation, proverty, republication

dem republications done spent all

D money on new car's, wide HD screen

TV's travel trip's g@@D f@@D

g@@d drinks g@@d places 2 stay like

DddddddddddWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

U mean ole republications GIVE

D CHILLION's education BACK

Comment #4

BaristaExpress — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:05:12 GMT

I'd have to agree 100% with you on this one

Comment #3

time*treat — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:33:20 GMT

Tuition rates will always rise to absorb the amount of funds available to pay them.

Comment #2

GASMETERGUY — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:21:58 GMT

Let me see if I understand this right. The State has a lottery. This lottery generates money on a daily basis. Yet the scholarship fund is running out of money . How? If the games generates money daily, shouldn't money be coming into the fund daily?

Tennessee also has a scholarship lottery. Tennessee also is running out of money . Then a few of us look closer. We see that the Legislature has diverted some of this money for other projects. I think we built a survival shelter for the governor... [ More ]

Comment #1

sully16 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:01:57 GMT

hmmmm, times have changed, I worked my way through college like most of my friends.

N.M. acts to save Lottery scholarship fund

Lottery Post — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:30:42 GMT

A lottery-financed college scholarship program is running out of money, and lawmakers are looking for a fix that won't hamper efforts to encourage young New Mexicans to attend universities and colleges in the state.

The scholarship fund could be depleted by 2014 if nothing is done in the Legislature this session and tuition rates continue to rise sharply, according to the latest state projections.

The Senate Education Committee unanimously endorsed a measure Wednesday that would shore up t... [ More ]