Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

Our methods: Arizona’s Hualapai Valley now a ‘de facto transfer basin’ for out-of-state interests

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 ...
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Arizona’s Hualapai Valley now a ‘de facto transfer basin’ for out-of-state investors and corporate farms

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 ...
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Are refugees eligible for SNAP assistance?

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 ...
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Is the number of registered Republicans in Arizona at an all-time high?

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 ...
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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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Is Scottsdale Unified hosting a girls’ cycling course open to students assigned male at birth?

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 ...
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Were tens of thousands of Arizonans furloughed or required to work without pay during the government shutdown?

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 ...
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Are all magistrate judges required to have a law degree to be appointed in Arizona?

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 ...
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Tag: subsidized coverage

Yes. If Congress lets Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits designed to lower monthly health insurance premiums expire in December 2025, the average annual premium in Arizona could climb by $639, or ...
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Tag: federal employees

Yes. More than 34,000 federal employees in Arizona were either furloughed or required to work without pay during the 2025 government shutdown, according to an analysis from the AFL-CIO, a national ...
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Could health care premiums in Arizona jump 138% by 2026?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. If Congress lets Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits designed to lower monthly health insurance premiums ...
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Tag: domestic violence support

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 ...