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.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, January 18, 2021
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Officials have closed a section of road on the Navajo Nation through the end of February because of concerns about persistent drag racing.
The Farmington Daily Times reported Monday that the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Transportation closed 2.5 miles (4.02 kilometers) of Navajo Route 4178 with concrete barriers and signs near the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry farm and food product company.
NAPI CEO Dave Zeller said drag racing has been an issue in the area for several years.