Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting | AZCIR.org
Oct 30, 2024 — GET AZCIR UPDATES. About AZCIR. 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 holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and systemic inequities through ...
Welcome to AZCIR - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
We create interactive graphics and maps for you to explore our stories, including searchable databases. Second, we are the only nonprofit investigative newsroom in Arizona, and we are dedicated to independent reporting that holds those in power to account. AZCIR holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and ...
nonprofit Arizona journalism - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
About AZCIR. 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 holds powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and systemic inequities through investigative journalism.
ELECTIONS - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Election officials didn’t count 27,327 ballots cast by Arizona voters in the November election, rejecting more than twice the 10,457 votes that flipped the state for President-elect Joe Biden in what was the closest raw vote margin of any state in the nation. The uncounted votes, which are legally rejected by officials for reasons such….
Constitutional Sheriffs: An AZCIR investigative series
More than half of Arizona’s county sheriffs are at least partially aligned with a growing movement of so-called “constitutional sheriffs” whose ideology could radicalize law enforcement by indoctrinating them with false legal theories, according to a months-long AZCIR investigation. The theories promote an exaggerated definition of sheriffs’ authority, urging them to nullify laws they ...
IN THE SHERIFF WE TRUST - Arizona Center for Investigative …
Aug 21, 2023 — The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which teaches that elected sheriffs must “protect their citizens from the overreach of an out-of-control federal government” by refusing to enforce any law they deem unconstitutional or unjust, has been expanding across the U.S., a collaborative investigation between the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and the Arizona ...
Arizona leads nation in Valley fever infections—a “disease of color”
Sep 28, 2021 — Arizona health officials said a 2020 rise in the number of cases could be attributed to increased testing and hospitalizations from COVID-19, or changes in weather patterns, but data shows the state’s number of Valley fever infections for 2021 is so far outpacing the previous year by 23%—with more than 8,200 confirmed cases so far this year. ...
How AZCIR identified Arizona’s ‘constitutional sheriffs’
Oct 20, 2022 — To that end, AZCIR used additional criteria beyond group affiliation to define which sheriffs are part of the extremist “constitutional sheriff” movement. The movement is built around a radical ideology that the sheriff’s power within his or her county is superseded by no state or federal government entity but is guided by the sheriff’s ...
Our recent projects - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting collected county-level rejected ballot data from federal elections in 2008, 2010 and 2012, then analyzed the results to provide readers with a clearer understanding of what rejected ballots can say about Arizona’s election system. AZCIR found that tens of thousands of ballots cast in Arizona’s ...
EDUCATION - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
Aug 5, 2024 — The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is an independent, nonprofit media organization dedicated to statewide accountability journalism in Arizona. Explore this page to read AZCIR's extensive education coverage across Arizona.