To better understand the scope and scale of foreign ownership, and the role these entities have played in the area’s recent surge of industrial-scale agriculture, AZCIR spent several months analyzing ...

Since 2014, an influx of out-of-state interests have drilled nearly 200 agricultural wells in Mohave County’s Hualapai Valley groundwater basin, straining the aquifer and putting residential water ...

Out-of-state investors and industrial-scale agriculture businesses have poured millions into deep wells and water-intensive nut orchards in Arizona’s Mohave County, betting on the state’s unregulated ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Refugees are no longer eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits following the ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. As of October 2025, Arizona had more than 1.6 million registered Republicans on its voter rolls, a record ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Ten community colleges and universities in Arizona will lose at least $13 million after President Donald ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. A law degree is not required for all magistrate—or municipal—judge appointments in Arizona. City and town ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Scottsdale Unified School District is hosting a girls’ cycling program for ages 5 to 10 that offers ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. More than 34,000 federal employees in Arizona were either furloughed or required to work without pay during ...

Yes. The Department of Justice in 2025 has terminated hundreds of grants for domestic violence prevention, victim services and justice programs nationwide — including more than $1 million intended for ...

Yes. The Department of Justice in 2025 has terminated hundreds of grants for domestic violence prevention, victim services and justice programs nationwide — including more than $1 million intended for ...

Yes. Scottsdale Unified School District is hosting a girls’ cycling program for ages 5 to 10 that offers nonbinary students, including those assigned male at birth, the opportunity to participate.