By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press / Report For America
State Senators are considering a bill to provide $30 million in subsidies for attendees of two-year colleges and a pilot program to help college dropouts finish their degrees.
Of that, $26 million would be drawn from the general fund to support students of two-year colleges through the Opportunity Scholarship. The scholarship covers tuition and fees before federal funding is awarded.
Stephanie Rodriguqez, acting secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department, says in an op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal that allows students the option to apply other financial aid they receive, such as federal Pell grants, to other expenses that often stand in the way of attaining a degree.
February 05, 2021 - 6:07 AM
DEMING, N.M. - A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot on a highway Thursday and authorities chased the attacker, killing him in a shootout, officials said.
The officer who was killed has been identified as 28-year-old Darian Jarrott, reported KVIA-TV El Paso. Authorities also released the name of the attacker who was killed, 39-year-old Omar Felix Cueva.
State Police said one of its officers was shot in Luna County between Las Cruces and Deming in a confrontation along Interstate 10 in southern New Mexico.
They said multiple agencies then pursued the suspectâs vehicle to the Las Cruces area before there was an exchange of gunfire.
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State Police officers after escorting their fallen colleague to a funeral home on Thursday evening. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
New Mexico State Police officer Darian Jarrott (NMSP)
DEMING A New Mexico State Police officer was shot and killed on a stretch of highway east of Deming during a traffic stop on Thursday, setting off a mileslong chase that ended in a shootout between officers and the suspect.
The officer killed, 28-year-old Darian Jarrott, was a father of three, with a fourth child on the way. The man who shot him, 39-year-old Omar Felix Cueva, was killed by authorities during a gun battle in Las Cruces that left a Las Cruces police officer injured, authorities said.