More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews ...

Yes. On two occasions in February, officers from the Glendale Police Department used pepper balls to disperse crowds protesting the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.

No. There is no federal requirement mandating the involvement of local or state government in immigration enforcement, which is the responsibility of the U.S. government.

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 ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. There is no evidence that funds from the Social Security Administration were redirected to support ...

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. Before her fifth birthday, Rainy had experienced a lifetime of trauma. As an infant, she witnessed violence ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. There is no federal requirement mandating the involvement of local or state government in immigration ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. While most medical programs require some kind of education in nutrition, only around one-fifth require a ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. On two occasions in February, officers from the Glendale Police Department used pepper balls to disperse ...

The Arizona Department of Economic security warned state leaders in 2024 that budget shortfalls would force the agency to reinstate a waitlist it took more than a decade to eliminate. The number of ...