Lottery Scholarship tuition support could see 30-percent drop

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – College tuitions covered by the state’s lottery are in danger. Right now about 32,000 students depend on those funds to cover about 90 percent of their tuition costs. But education officials say that could change soon.
Raising tuition costs are devouring the budget faster than they can be refilled. Liquor taxes contribute $19 million to the scholarships but that extra funding source ends in 2018.
If nothing is done, officials say tuition support will drop by 30 p