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The Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations bill should end wasteful programs and be free of accounting gimmicks.

Acceptance of grant depends on whether Mexico or Regional School Unit 10 picks up local share for SRO.

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded $3,375,000 in federal grants.

As another budget confrontation looms in September, some on Capitol Hill are already contending they cannot possibly meet the tight spending limits Congress faces in fiscal year (FY) 2014. Yet they could—if they are willing to seize the moment and eliminate a range of non-defense programs that the government should not be running, that it runs poorly, or that may be harmful to individuals and society. These long-overdue terminations would save $42 billion in the coming fiscal year—more than is needed to reach 2014 spending targets.

The legislation is composed of a number of half-measures that will do little to stop the pandemic of gun violence in the United States, while it increases funding for the police.