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Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions

Ten community colleges and universities in Arizona will lose at least $13.8 million after President Donald Trump's administration cut discretionary funding to minority-serving institutions.
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Were tens of thousands of Arizonans furloughed or required to work without pay during the government shutdown?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. More than 34,000 federal employees in Arizona were either furloughed or required to work without pay during ...
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Ten Arizona community colleges and universities enrolling high percentages of minority students had their federal grants cut short by the Trump administration, resulting in millions of dollars in ...
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Dozens of people died in Arizona sober living homes as state officials fumbled Medicaid fraud response

Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the ...
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Arizona asset seizures net $200M in past five years

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IN THE SHERIFF WE TRUST

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which teaches that elected sheriffs must “protect their citizens from the overreach of an out-of-control federal government” by refusing to ...
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God-given rights: The nationwide spread of the ‘constitutional sheriff’

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled into a club ...
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Suspending students for absences, tardies compounds learning loss

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Experts warn of radicalization pipeline as Sedona wellness communities, anti-government groups share space

SEDONA—Natural light filtered through New Age tapestries covering skylights at the Ultimate Light Mission community center on the outskirts of Sedona, softening the afternoon sun as the woody ...
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Despite renewed attention, pregnancy and childbirth still deadly across Arizona

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. It had been six weeks since Danielle Lerner delivered her second child via cesarean section in April 2019, ...
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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition.

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Last year, Arizona became the first state in the nation to offer universal school choice for all families.