Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion, but haven't accounted publicly for the deaths tied to the scheme.

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. Jaeson Jones is trained as a cop—not a journalist. Yet the 51-year-old holds a lucrative correspondent ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. The federal government has enforcement authority over federal crimes like crossing the U.S.-Mexico border ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. A stretch of border barrier constructed in 2022 under then-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was later removed ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. While Texas was the first state to start building a barrier along its border with Mexico, it’s not the only ...

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No. Fire trucks from Arizona did not have to undergo emissions testing prior to supporting crews fighting wildfires in Los Angeles. As a part of CAL FIRE protocol, these vehicles are subject to ...

No. Fire trucks from Arizona did not have to undergo emissions testing prior to supporting crews fighting wildfires in Los Angeles. As a part of CAL FIRE protocol, these vehicles are subject to ...

No. Fire trucks from Arizona did not have to undergo emissions testing prior to supporting crews fighting wildfires in Los Angeles. As a part of CAL FIRE protocol, these vehicles are subject to ...

Jaeson Jones, a confidante of incoming federal border czar Tom Homan, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico.