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Mary Jo Pitzl in KJZZ's studio in 2018.

Arizona lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey say they plan to spend $56 million dollars in federal funds this year that was sent to the state to cover child care costs.

That’s significant because Arizona got the money last year, and did not allocate it.

To talk more about this, The Show reached out to Mary Jo Pitzl of the Arizona Republic, who’s written about this.

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