The U.S. Department of Education will stay open after a federal court blocked an effort to shut it down. Arizona’s top prosecutor played a key role in the case.
Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 20 other states in suing the Trump administration last March after it announced plans to eliminate half of the Department of Education’s workforce and transfer key services like student loan management out of the agency.
Mayes called the move illegal and said it would devastate schools across Arizona — especially in rural communities that rely on federal funding and services.
The court found that only Congress has the authority to dismantle an agency like the Department of Education.
How federal cuts impact Arizona
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New federal data shows grocery and convenience stores have lost jobs and wages across the country, but especially in Arizona. -
That's especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away. -
More than 30,000 refugees, asylees and other legally present immigrants in Arizona could lose health coverage in a few weeks as new Medicaid eligibility rules take effect. -
Under the proposed changes, there’d be a cap on how much money Head Start centers could spend on administrative overhead; there would also be a reduction in the number of regulations governing the program, among other changes. -
Right now, nearly Arizona 300 schools qualify for a federal program that allows schools that serve low income households to give free lunches to every student — without making them apply for it.
