Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Before her fifth birthday, Rainy had experienced a lifetime of trauma. As an infant, she witnessed violence ...

Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the ...

This project was funded in part by support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Isaac Contreras lives alone and he says it’s making him sick. He’s got a room and a bathroom to himself, but the ...

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which teaches that elected sheriffs must “protect their citizens from the overreach of an out-of-control federal government” by refusing to ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. In 2021, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association submitted a proposal to Arizona’s top ...

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 ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. PHOENIX—Guadalupe Hernandez’s attendance problems started in kindergarten. The boy, who has two attention ...

Project 2025, a contentious policy blueprint for the next Republican presidency, seeks to dramatically concentrate power in the White House while fundamentally changing how the federal government ...

The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million. But despite state and federal efforts, it’s likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won’t be recovered, ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and Protect America Now are the most ...

Susan Wortman, 79, recognized the voice of the man approaching her from behind as she attempted to slip out of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting on Aug. 3. Wearing a badge on his belt and ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Editor’s note: This article is a collaboration between Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and KJZZ.