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 ...

Lamb is one of eight Arizona sheriffs—out of 15 in the state—who have aligned themselves at least partially with the primary ideologies of the constitutional sheriff movement, a months-long ...

Builders largely finance the campaigns that deliver project funds they benefit from. Four years of campaign finance records from K-12 bond and override elections in Maricopa County show significant ...

La Paz County Sheriff | William Ponce. Status: Not a constitutional sheriff Ponce is a member of Protect America Now, who describes himself as a “constitutional sheriff.” Ponce said he was more ...

Groundwater regulation weaknesses exploited by industrial-scale agriculture. Over the past 15 years, even with groundwater restrictions in effect that limit new irrigated land, at least several ...

“Our office is here to serve all Arizonans. However, accepting and managing paperwork that does not adhere to existing legal standards remains a challenge, not just for our office, but for Recorders ...

On May 16, as cameras flashed and tribal leaders looked on, Arizona’s governor and attorney general announced a statewide crackdown on behavioral health providers suspected of defrauding the state’s ...

Traditionally, the two main drivers for people in alternative wellness communities to adopt anti-government movements are self-reliance and anti-establishment ideologies, explained Mark Pitcavage, a ...

As Arizona’s remaining social equity license holders scramble to open marijuana dispensaries before a looming October deadline, private investors and major cannabis corporations have continued to ...

PART II. GLENDALE, Ariz. — Camron Olivas has been suspended at least five times throughout middle and high school for being late to class. While his mother cares for his toddler sister, his older ...

The deaths follow a recent AZCIR series that revealed dramatic shortcomings in services for Arizonans with serious mental illness and detailed reports of alleged mistreatment at the hospital, ...

“Education Suspended,” a collaboration between the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and The Hechinger Report, represents an ambitious, nearly yearlong effort to better understand the impact ...