Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. In May 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were reportedly stationed in and outside of ...

Carmen Heredia resigned this week as director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System ahead of a state Senate confirmation hearing. Republican lawmakers had criticized her response to a ...

Yes. Studies have consistently found that American Indians and Alaska Natives are more likely to be diagnosed with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, liver disease or kidney disease. Such health ...

Yes. In April, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that sought to prohibit people from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase soda. SNAP, commonly known as food stamps ...

The legislation follows Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica investigations into a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol ...

In 2019, federal officials dedicated more than $2 million to Arizona’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee as part of a national effort to confront alarmingly high rates of maternal deaths. The ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Vice President Kamala Harris has not announced a plan to shut down all Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) if ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Though the number of homes available in the metro Phoenix area has increased year over year, more inventory ...

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 ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Since 2004, Arizona has required proof of citizenship to vote in state and local elections, after voters ...

Last year, as Phoenix endured one of its hottest summers on record, nearly half of those who died from the Arizona heat were unhoused. People experiencing homelessness have accounted for a growing ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. It had been six weeks since Danielle Lerner delivered her second child via cesarean section in April 2019, ...