Agriculture is a big industry in Arizona, but farmers are dealing with shortages of both water and workers. And some think the incoming administration could make that latter situation worse. Plus, why a former private school operator was surprised at the lack of state oversight. And singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on the politics behind her percussive style of guitar-playing. That and more on The Show.
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Two of the biggest issues in Arizona right now also happen to be two of the biggest issues facing one of the state’s biggest industries: agriculture. Farms and farmers are dealing with how to use less water to grow their crops, and in many cases, how to run their operations with fewer workers.
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Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco has been recording and touring for over 35 years. She’s sold millions of records on her own independent label, Righteous Babe Records.
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Gage Skidmore/CC BY 2.0President-Elect Donald Trump will be sworn in next week, with promises of mass deportations and tariffs in tow, and our neighbors to the South are preparing for it all. Nina Kravinksy has been covering it all from KJZZ's Hermosillo bureau in Sonora, Mexico, and joined The Show to discuss.
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by environmentalists that would have made the San Pedro River a state-regulated Active Management Area, or AMA.
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A new investigation from ProPublica documents the case of a Mesa charter school that became a private school; both ultimately shut down, leaving parents and students in a lurch.