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Border Patrol now targeting legal immigrants for ‘carry your papers’ law in southern Arizona

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. For the first time in Arizona, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are using a Cold War-era law to ...
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Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous communities continues despite AHCCCS reforms

Nearly three years after Arizona uncovered an unprecedented $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scandal that targeted Indigenous communities, sober living program operators are still recruiting vulnerable ...
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Is Tempe requiring bars to make drink-spiking tests available?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Yes. The Tempe City Council unanimously approved an ordinance requiring certain restaurants and bars to sell ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...