Maria Polletta
Education Investigative Reporter at Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Recovering political reporter turned education watchdog + sometimes editor for @ArizCIR. Reach me at [email protected] or via DM.
Articles
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Mar 26, 2025 |
ewa.org | Maria Polletta |Daarel Burnette
After taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump swiftly unleashed a string of executive orders seeking to broadly dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Arguing that DEI efforts, which generally aim to level the playing field for historically marginalized groups, instead “undermine our national unity,” the Republican president took aim at public and private institutions alike.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
azmirror.com | Maria Polletta
More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications. The waitlist counts, quietly added to the DES website after weeks of inquiries from AZCIR, publicly quantify for the first time the impact of state lawmakers’ failure to fill a gaping budget hole left by expiring federal pandemic funds last year.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
tucsonsentinel.com | Maria Polletta
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting This story was originally published by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
azcir.org | Maria Polletta
More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications. The waitlist counts, quietly added to the DES website after weeks of inquiries from AZCIR, publicly quantify for the first time the impact of state lawmakers’ failure to fill a gaping budget hole left by expiring federal pandemic funds last year.
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Nov 4, 2024 |
codastory.com | Melissa del Bosque |Maria Polletta |Francesca D'Annunzio |Monica Camacho
For a retired federal employee, Tom Homan, an acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration, is a very busy man.
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