A controversial federal program that permits local cops to act as roving ICE agents in their communities has been dead since 2012, as it led to racial profiling. Texas police agencies and others around the nation are bringing it back. 🧵 texasobserver.org/local-state-po…

'Public school districts have a reserve of substitute teachers they can tap into when sickness spreads and staff begin to call out. In early care and education, on the other hand, there is no such infrastructure.' 19thnews.org/2025/02/early-…

Pretty chaotic time right now on the econ beat -- Massive trade war w/ US allies underway -- Government shutdown looming in 2 weeks -- GOP pursuing $4 trillion tax cut -- DOGE pushing layoffs for hundreds of thousands of government workers -- AtlantaFed forecasting economic

USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks ow.ly/jJh610625C6

EXCLUSIVE: A federal agency has halted election security activities, ended funding for a threat monitoring system, and is taking action against certain employees who monitored election misinformation, an agency official confirmed to state officials in email obtained by Votebeat.

Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time and informing them that all department offices in Washington, D.C., as well as regional offices, will be closed Wednesday. cbsn.ws/3FkY6aF

Scoop: Per person familiar, "reduction in force" notices for the Education Department are expected to go out today at 6pm. Nearly half of the department is expected to be eliminated.

Trump administration cuts could affect at least 720 Arizona university research grants involving wildfire prevention, air pollution, biology, chemistry, engineering, sound, opioids, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and more: cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/03/10/don…

Arizona AG advises K-12 schools and colleges to 'proactively plan for how to respond to the possibility of federal immigration enforcement' and 'clearly communicate' the plans to students and parents: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Want to help shape the future of investigative reporting in Arizona? Come join our growing team—we're seeking a development associate to help lead AZCIR’s fundraising efforts at a critical time of growth for the newsroom. azcir.org/news/2025/03/1…

BREAKING Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva dies at 77 from complications of cancer, his office annnounces. Grijalva dedicated a half-century of his life to serving southern Arizona. 12news.com/article/news/l…

Last night, AZCIR’s Brandon Quester || @bquester.bsky.social joined Committee to Protect Journalists’s Katherine Jacobsen, media attorney David Bodney and AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes to discuss evolving threats journalists face—and the strategies they need to stay safe while uncovering the truth. Thanks to Cronkite School for this critical conversation.

Trump announces that the Small Business Administration will immediately handle all federal student loans, and RFK Jr is now in charge of "handling special needs and all of the nutrition programs and everything else."

BREAKING The FDA’s top vaccine official has resigned. Dr. Peter Marks wrote this in his resignation letter about HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation

NEW: Under Operation Lone Star, Texas DPS has quietly built out an expansive surveillance apparatus—one that’s increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. Proposed laws provide few guardrails.🧵 w/ Texas Observer + Pulitzer Center texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surv…

BREAKING: 8 international students at ASU have had their visas revoked. A university official said they are not believed to be related to pro-Palestinian protests. ICE agents have been on ASU's campus at least once. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

We're tracking international student visa revocations across the country, follow our data updates here: insidehighered.com/news/global/in… for Inside Higher Ed

~3 million U.S. adults live beyond a reasonable commute from the nearest four-year university — a problem getting worse as private colleges in rural places close, public university campuses merge or shut down and rural universities cut majors and programs. hechingerreport.org/to-fill-educat…

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‘The bottom line is, we’re going to run out of water,’ one Kingman geologist said.