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A new report on the economic effects of escalating costs to attend New Mexico colleges and universities calls for more financial assistance for low-income students and recommends an income cap on eligibility for the Legislative Lottery Scholarship. Continue Reading
Health-care professionals argue that consolidation between two Albuquerque hospitals would make good medical sense. But what about financial sense? It depends whose wallet you’re talking about. Continue Reading
The incoming governor will appoint new department heads for the state agencies, but she has another list of important appointments to make shortly after taking office. Continue Reading
New Mexico Political Report obtained the settlement agreement last week, nearly nine months after the case went to trial. Continue Reading
Backers argued the amendment would depoliticize the often partisan process of selecting regents for the boards of New Mexico’s public universities. Continue Reading
The number of people diagnosed with movement disorders in New Mexico is 250,000. There are three in-state specialists to treat them, all in Albuquerque. Continue Reading
A Senate committee on Monday approved a bipartisan proposal that would take away a bit of the governor’s power to pick university regents. Continue Reading
Though the proposal does not make college more affordable, it does at least ensure that students can count on a certain amount every year while balancing out the struggling lottery scholarship fund. Continue Reading
The bill would eliminate the requirement of pledging 30 percent of gross lottery revenues to college scholarships. Continue Reading
There’s endless potential for abuse and corruption in our public universities’ secretive nonprofit fundraising foundations, as the University of New Mexico community is discovering. Continue Reading
Many of the state’s best-educated youth are departing the state for places with better job opportunities. Continue Reading
We need to make investing in our students a top priority, as it is a responsible way to grow the economy of our state. Continue Reading
Many lawmakers were likely to see the governor’s new proposal as another assault on them, as they did when she vetoed all funding for the Legislature. Continue Reading
What does this mean for you? Plenty. Continue Reading
The student body presidents at six New Mexico universities are urging Gov. Susana Martinez and state lawmakers to put politics aside and fund higher education. Continue Reading