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The Intercept Sues for Records About Arizona’s Financial Surveillance Dragnet
The Intercept
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June 3, 2025
The Intercept filed a public records lawsuit on Monday for documents about a financial surveillance program run by the Arizona attorney general’s office for more than a decade. For the past year, the attorney general’s office has denied multiple...
Advisory committee to research, expand access to postpartum mental health resources in Arizona
KTAR - Arizona
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June 3, 2025
PHOENIX — A new state law hopes to empower new moms to ask for help without shame or guilt. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2332, which will expand access to postpartum maternal health care, into law last month. How will this Arizona law help...
TIRRC, Conexion Americas Now ‘Coordinating the Provision’ of Nashville ‘Belonging Fund’ for Immigrants They Helped Seed
The Tennessee Star
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June 3, 2025
The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Conexion Americas are now “coordinating the provision” of money raised for the “Belonging Fund,” which was announced last month by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell as a joint effort...
University of Arizona ranks among top global institutions in CWUR rankings
Tucson Standard - Arizona
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June 2, 2025
The University of Arizona has been acknowledged by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) as one of the leading research universities globally. In the 2025 edition of the CWUR rankings, released on June 2, the university is positioned at...
Nonprofits Behind Immigrant ‘Belonging Fund’ Unveiled by Embattled Nashville Mayor Received $200,000 from Nonprofit Tied to Soros
The Tennessee Star
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June 3, 2025
Two nonprofits associated with the “Belonging Fund,” announced by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell in response to a federal immigration enforcement operation in May, received grants from the Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS), a private...
Like humans, AI is forcing institutions to rethink their purpose
VentureBeat
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June 8, 2025
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Cognitive migration is not just an individual journey; it is also a collective and...
My View: Does Arizona's startup ecosystem play too nice compared to other tech hubs?
The Business Journals
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June 3, 2025
A Valley tech company leader ponders how Arizona's innovation scene can survive in a middle ground between adopting the East Coast or Bay Area aggressive startup culture or embracing the vibe of maintaining work-life balance.
AI for Arizona: ASU faculty, alumni help lead state’s first policy task force
Arizona State University
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Several Arizona State University faculty members and alums will help guide Arizona's AI-related policies to ensure ethical and transparent use across the state as part of the state's first Artificial Intelligence Steering Committee. Arizona Gov....
Amid Trump immigration crackdown, students weigh safety and politics in their college plans
Chalkbeat
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June 3, 2025
California Health Report spoke to four high school students. In order to protect the identities of the students who fear repercussions based on their immigration status, it has withheld their full names and the name of their school, in addition to...
The History and Meaning of 17 LGBTQ Pride Flags
TODAY
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June 3, 2025
When most people picture the Pride flag, they think of the iconic rainbow flag adorned with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet stripes. What you may not know is that this flag only became the standard Pride flag in 1979 — or that there...
Arizona treasurer challenges Horne for top education post
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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June 1, 2025
PHOENIX – Unable to seek reelection, state Treasurer Kimberly Yee now wants to become the top education official in Arizona. Yee said Wednesday she believes she could do a better job as superintendent of public instruction than fellow Republican...
ABC News suspends Terry Moran. Should it? | Opinion
AZ Central - Arizona
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ABC News suspended reporter Terry Moran for calling Donald Trump and Stephen Miller "world-class haters" on Twitter. The suspension follows a $15 million settlement between ABC and Trump, raising concerns about potential influence. Public...
Thriving and vibing: Esports flourish
The Arizona Daily Star
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PHOENIX — The year 2020 was unlike any other. On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and suddenly, nothing was the same. Masks became mandatory, social distancing was enforced and stepping outside felt like...
Here’s how economists see the Arizona economy right now
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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June 3, 2025
This morning, the Eller College of Management hosted its annual Breakfast with the Economists presented by JP Morgan Chase. Held at the Westin La Paloma Resort, the event featured keynote speakers George W. Hammond, PhD, research professor and...
Eight laid off as Humane Society of Southern Arizona restructures
KGUN - Arizona
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June 3, 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Eight employees from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA) were laid off as part of "a restructuring for the 81-year-old organization." HSSA CEO Dr. Kristin Barney tells KGUN 9 in a statement that the layoffs will...
Over 250 charged with immigration-related crimes in Arizona last week
Arizona’s Family
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June 3, 2025
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Over 250 people were charged with crimes related to immigration last week in Arizona as part of a federal operation. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 257 people during operations from May...
University of Pennsylvania to halt gender transitions for youth after Trump executive order
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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June 3, 2025
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, June 03, 2025 University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Getty Images A major Ivy League school has announced that it will no longer perform body deforming gender transition...
413 New Immigration Cases in the Western District of Texas
Texas Border Business
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June 3, 2025
Acting United States Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 413 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from May 23 through May 29. Image for...
Navajo County Education: 2,783 Hispanic or Latino students were enrolled in 2024-25 school year
East Arizona News
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June 3, 2025
Tom Horne Superintendent of Public Instruction at Arizona Department of Education | WikipediaTom Horne Superintendent of Public Instruction at Arizona Department of Education | Wikipedia There were 2,783 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in...
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
Haitian Times
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June 3, 2025
Overview: This ProPublica investigation details how Trump-era officials have pushed a fringe legal theory framing immigration as an “invasion” to justify suspending due process and deporting immigrants en masse. The theory, long rejected by courts...