Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

After judge strikes down abortion laws, Republican lawmakers press ahead with new limits

Republican lawmakers are advancing a new wave of legislation targeting abortion in Arizona, even after a judge struck down several existing restrictions and affirmed voters’ 2024 decision to enshrine ...
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Despite broad support for abortion access in their districts, GOP lawmakers push new restrictions

Rebecca Gau has considered herself a Republican all her life. Raised outside Washington, D.C., during the Reagan era, she embraced the party’s traditional positions of lowering taxes, supporting small ...
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Does Arizona rank in the top 10 for data centers nationwide?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Arizona has 164 data centers statewide, outpacing much of the country and ranking 7th nationally, according ...
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Did the University of Arizona spend over $800,000 on surveillance cameras accessible by federal law enforcement?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. In February 2025, the University of Arizona approved an $870,000, five-year contract with Flock Safety to ...
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Arizona’s Hualapai Valley now a ‘de facto transfer basin’ for out-of-state investors and corporate farms

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. When controversial Las Vegas developer Jim Rhodes abandoned plans for a sprawling community near the ...
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Tag: food benefits

Yes. Starting Nov. 1, the Arizona Department of Economic Security is set to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) assistance, affecting more than 900,000 Arizonans. Most of the ...
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Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions

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 ...
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Can immigrants without legal status get driver’s licenses in Arizona?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Arizona driver’s license applicants must provide documentation proving they have legal status in the U.S., ...
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Was a Marana prison sold to a private company that runs ICE facilities?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. In July 2025, Arizona sold a former Marana prison to Management & Training Corporation (MTC). The company ...
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Is the Phoenix metro area ranked among the worst in the nation for air pollution?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. The American Lung Association’s 2025 report ranked the Phoenix-Mesa metro area fourth-worst in the country ...
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Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion

Guiding a Toyota pickup along a narrow dirt road south of Second Mesa, rancher Robinson Honani gestures toward a patchwork of farm plots tucked into the dusty terrain of the Hopi Reservation, perched ...