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The Press Room - May 2, 2025

The NPR Newsroom during a building tour in 2013.

Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't

It is not clear that the president has the authority to make such orders to CPB under the law.

The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, April 15, 2013.

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election.

Looking west across the University of Arizona mall. The Student Union Memorial Center and Old Main can both been seen.

University of Arizona announces leadership shifts for colleges of health sciences

All colleges will now report to the Office of the Provost after the elimination of a Senior Vice President role.

Discovering the most distant galaxies

Astronomers are focusing on the smallest and most distant galaxies in the universe.

Department of Education sign, Lyndon Baines Johnson building, Washington, DC. February 2025.

Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

The Trump administration will halt $1 billion in federal grants used by school districts to hire mental health professionals like counselors and social workers.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani at the Tucson VA Medical Center on Monday, April 28, 2025. Secretary Collins says he is taking care of veterans.

VA job cuts loom but deadline moves

Sec. Collins says layoffs won’t affect healthcare, but Tucson VA staff worry about impact on veterans and support roles.

Outside of the Robert D. Morrow Education Center for Tucson Unified School District.

TUSD to make dozens of administrative cuts

Tucson Unified School District has identified dozens of vacant administrative positions to cut to help reduce the $8.5 million year-over-year deficit.

Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona.

“Adulting 101” class helps Pima County inmates rebuild after jail

Freedom Management classes focus on life skills and personal responsibility for the justice-involved.

Stronghold Fire with crew buggies in the foreground.

Over 2,000 acre wildfire in Cochise County at 22% containment

The fire started on Monday. The cause is still unknown.

Tucson Thrift Culture

Tucson Thrift Culture, it’s the treasure hunt of the 21st century.

Desert Plants – Beebrush

Sonoran Desert native beebrush has flowers with a sweet aroma, no thorns, and is easy to grow.

A still from the film "The World We Live In" by filmmaker Xander Maniece from the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television and a part of "I Dream in Widescreen" 2025.

Student filmmakers confess "I Dream in Widescreen."

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Film essayist Chris Dashiell; remembering James Mercer, a Pima County Ranger killed in action in 1914; and "Stories That Soar!" celebrates the sun.