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Arizona voters approved in-state tuition for undocumented students. The state left implementation to chance.

After Arizona voters approved a 2022 ballot initiative granting in-state tuition to undocumented students, the state put no ...
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Has the Phoenix Police Department banned officers from taking unhoused people’s belongings?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. A proposed Phoenix Police Department policy would not prohibit officers from taking the belongings of people ...
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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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Would removing ‘snowbirds’ solve Arizona’s housing crisis?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Getting rid of so-called snowbirds—including seasonal homeowners from Canada—would not solve Arizona’s ...
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Could a new Tucson ordinance allow police to arrest people for being unhoused?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Tucson’s new drug-loitering ordinance does not authorize police to arrest someone based on housing status.
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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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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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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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Have ICE arrests surged in Arizona since Trump took office?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in Arizona were up 72% in the first half of 2025 compared ...
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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 ...