Category: AZ Center for Investigative Reporting
History of rejected Arizona ballots creates further election uncertainty
By Sam Kmack, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Friday, October 16 Phoenix, Ariz Less than a month away from the November election, Arizona’s voter registration deadline has changed twice in two weeks, putting into question whether…
COVID-19 outbreak grows at Arizona jail with largest concentration of U.S. Marshal detainees in nation
by Jude Joffe-Block May 8, 2020 PHOENIX, A private facility in Florence, Arizona that houses more than 3,000 defendants awaiting federal court proceedings is grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 where at least 20…
COVID-19 cases surge at American Airlines ramps in Phoenix
COVID-19 cases surge at American Airlines ramps in Phoenix By Brandon Quester & Jude Joffe-Block Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Phoenix At least 70 American Airlines ground crew workers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport…
La Palma cases increase after ICE assured judge of no suspected cases
By Jude Joffe-Block and Valeria Fernández April 16, 2020 PHOENIX – Three days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials claimed in court filings that there were no longer any active or suspected COVID-19 cases…
Tensions skyrocket as COVID-19 fears grip Arizona detention center
Advocacy groups, attorneys and medical experts are putting pressure on federal immigration officials to release detainees because of fears of COVID-19. On Friday, hundreds of protesters drove around the La Palma Correctional Center and the nearby…
Passage prevented Trump’s wall harming desert ecology
President Trump wants to stop illegal immigration with a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but experts agree it would harm the ecology of one of the most biodiverse regions of North America. By Megan Janetsky, Arizona Center…
Massive spill highlights outdated water quality standards, government oversight in Mexico
Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces reports on the changing culture and demographics of the American West and Southwest. The reporting was…
Impacts to health, livelihood continue after toxic mine spill in Mexico
Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces reports on the changing culture and demographics of the American West and Southwest. The reporting was…
Model Government? Arizona lawmakers outsource legislative ideas
By Evan Wyloge, Sarah Jarvis and Justin Price, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Phoenix – When Arizona lawmakers sponsored a 2016 house bill banning the sale of ivory and rhinoceros horn products, the bill matched almost…
