As Millennium Scholarship funds dry up, calls for changes

It’s one of the most universally loved programs in the state: the Gov. Guinn Millennium Scholarship, which provides the top-achieving Nevada graduates up to $10,000 toward college and has been used by about 91,000 students since its inception in 1999. But the scholarship fund, which is built on a diminishing pool of money from a national settlement with tobacco companies, faces insolvency as soon as 2018. It’s