This graphic is based off of a series of scenarios provided to legislators by the New Mexico Higher Education Department. The scenarios are not proposals. They are guides to help legislators come up with a long-term solution to the Lottery Scholarship solvency problem this legislative session. The numbers that are being used to predict the impact of each scenario are for estimation purposes only and are not final in any way. Current lottery scholarship cost data from hed.state.nm.us.
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Ella Daniel/ @ella_daniel7 | December 3Luminarias stand on display at Hanging of the Greens in front of the Student Union Building on Dec. 1, 2023.
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John Scott / Daily Lobo / @JohnSnott | December 2A sign reads "OUR UNION IS HERE TO STAY" at a rally held in support of the United Graduate Workers of the University of New Mexico in September 2021.