The nation’s high court cleared the way this week for the Trump administration to move forward with mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and a plan to outsource its work to other federal agencies.
Arizona schools chief Tom Horne says he welcomes the opportunity for the state to take on more responsibility.
"I feel like I can do a much better job than a federal department of education, and I have 600 people working for me who know Arizona schools backwards and forwards. Many of them have been doing it for many years," Horne said.
The Trump administration is looking to cut 1,400 jobs from the education department. Horne suggested that those affected by the layoffs are well positioned to help fill the ongoing K-12 teacher shortage.
How federal cuts impact Arizona
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Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful. -
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won’t give in to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold SNAP funding unless states hand over data about the program’s recipients. -
Kyle Wilkerson, program coordinator for air traffic control at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, joined The Show to talk more about how the shutdown affected Arizona controllers. -
The Trump administration is threatening to withhold SNAP funding from more than 20 states, including Arizona, that have refused to share data about residents who benefit from the food assistance program, citing privacy and concerns with how the federal government will use that information. -
In July, Congress removed homelessness as an exemption to work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The law took effect Nov. 1, with a three-month grace period.
