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State struggling to come up with solution for lottery scholarship funding (KOB 4)

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State struggling to come up with solution for lottery scholarship funding

Updated: 02/12/2014 5:34 PM | Created: 02/12/2014 5:31 PM By: Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4

If state lawmakers can’t agree on how to fix New Mexico’s lottery scholarship crisis, thousands of New Mexico college students and their families will feel the pinch this fall.

With a week left in the legislative session, there’s no agreement in sight. Lottery scholarships are swimming in red ink. Lawmakers will almost certainly find money for this semester – but next fall is another story.

Read more here: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3323181.shtml?cat=504