Rep. Blackshear: Unregulated betting environment fuels scandals like Alabama Baseball case
State Rep. Chris Blackshear appeared on Montgomery's Sports Radio 740 last week to discuss the Alabama House of Representatives' efforts to pass a comprehensive gambling and lottery bill during the 2024 legislative session. The bill has been a fixture in many past legislative sessions. In 2024, Blackshear (R-Phenix City) said the bill the House approved […]
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) – A blanket of bright green alfalfa stretches across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, surrounded by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has been using groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than 60 years. They have long been accustomed to the vagaries of Mother Nature, […]
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water | KTAB
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) – A blanket of bright green alfalfa stretches across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, surrounded by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has been using groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than 60 years. They have long been accustomed to the vagaries of Mother Nature, […]
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water – WAVY.com
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) – A blanket of bright green alfalfa stretches across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, surrounded by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has been using groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than 60 years. They have long been accustomed to the vagaries of Mother Nature, […]
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water – KXAN Austin
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) – A blanket of bright green alfalfa stretches across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, surrounded by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has been using groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than 60 years. They have long been accustomed to the vagaries of Mother Nature, […]
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water – ABC4 Utah
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) – A blanket of bright green alfalfa stretches across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, surrounded by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has been using groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than 60 years. They have long been accustomed to the vagaries of Mother Nature, […]
Arizona’s groundwater supplies are essentially unregulated. That means rural wells are drying up
Ron Dungan/KJZZ Most of the groundwater in rural Arizona is unregulated. Temperatures are well over 100 degrees, but it’s easy to forget that the Arizona desert sits on top of an underground water basin formed during the Ice Age. Rural communities in the state depend on that water, which experts say is a finite resource. […]
Groundwater mostly unregulated, impacts rural areas
A researcher measures the dimensions of the well. Groundwater is one of the primary water resources for most states, but it is limited and largely unregulated, especially in rural areas that rely solely on groundwater. (Photo credit: Scott Stuk/Arizona Department of Water Resources) Groundwater is one of Arizona’s most important water resources. It is finite […]
