Yes. In July 2025, Arizona sold a former Marana prison to Management & Training Corporation (MTC). The company operates job ...

Yes. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in Arizona were up 72% in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to an AZCIR analysis of immigration enforcement ...

Yes. From January through June 2025, Phoenix’s homicide rate was twice as high as New York City’s, according to data compiled by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank.

The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would repair decades of legal disputes and devote $5 billion to delivering Colorado River water to tribes in northeastern Arizona.

Yes. In July 2025, the Tempe City Council approved an ordinance mandating permits for any public gathering exceeding 30 people, including protests and other events that don’t require pre-registration ...

Yes. As of June 2025, Arizona ranked 47th in the country for year-to-date job growth — a sharp decline from June 2024, when the state ranked third, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data ...

The Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project has increased access to clean water, but the system is difficult to maintain in this remote stretch of high desert.

The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is the state’s only independent, nonpartisan and collaborative nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. AZCIR ...

Yes. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for programs that help first-generation college students — potentially affecting more than 1,300 ...

Yes. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for programs that help first-generation college students — potentially affecting more than 1,300 ...

Yes. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for programs that help first-generation college students — potentially affecting more than 1,300 ...