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After the Hacienda Healthcare rape, Arizona built a group home watchdog. Now it’s being defunded.
An independent oversight program created in response to a horrific rape, meant to protect some of Arizona’s most vulnerable people, will cease at the end of this year unless it finds a new funding source, a casualty of Arizona’s newest bipartisan state budget. In 2018, a 29-year-old woman who had developmental...
Estimated leanLean leftThe article highlights the defunding of an oversight program established to protect vulnerable individuals, framing this decision within the context of compassion for victims. It omits any conservative arguments for budget cuts or alternative funding priorities, leaning towards a soft progressive tilt.Estimated story lean · AI scan of the piece, not the publisherEstimated story lean Lean left. The article highlights the defunding of an oversight program established to protect vulnerable individuals, framing this decision within the context of compassion for victims. It omits any conservative arguments for budget cuts or alternative funding priorities, leaning towards a soft progressive tilt.
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