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Arizona, amid cuts to higher ed, may help centers supported by Charles Koch

Arizona has made some of the biggest cuts to higher education seen across the country in recent years, so a proposed $5 million grant of unknown provenance dedicated to the state’s “economic freedom” centers — all of which received seed funds from the conservative Koch family — is raising eyebrows.

The mysterious $5 million was first reported earlier this month by the Arizona Capitol Times. “One of the few reprieves the universities are getting is a $5 million addition specifically earmarked for ‘economic freedom schools,’” said the Times. “However, many lawmakers have no idea what an ‘economic freedom school’ or center is.”

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