by Jim Small | Dec 18, 2017 | Government
In a ruling last week, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that a public employee’s private cell phone records can be considered public records if the employee used the cell phone for a public purpose. The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel contradicts an...
by AZCIR Staff | Nov 3, 2017 | Government
The New Neighbors project is a collaboration between KJZZ and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting that looks at how the Valley of the Sun has changed since the economic downturn a decade ago. AZCIR gathered data on demographics, employment, population...
by Jim Small | Nov 3, 2017 | Education, Government
The Arizona State Board of Education violated federal student privacy law by disclosing the names of more than a thousand Arizona students, in some cases along with their birthdays, and their scores on the AzMERIT exams in response to a public records request filed by...
by Jim Small | Oct 26, 2017 | Education, Government
Arizona wrongly distributed $62 million in federal aid for poor students over 4 years By Jim Small and Evan Wyloge | Oct. 26, 2017 The Arizona Department of Education was alerted in March 2015 that it was improperly distributing federal funds intended to help...
by AZCIR Staff | Oct 24, 2017 | Elections, Government
Every year, Arizona’s 30 Senators and 60 House members vote hundreds of times. The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting analyzed every floor vote from the 2017 legislative session to determine levels of agreement among lawmakers in each chamber. The data...
by Evan Wyloge | Oct 20, 2017 | Environment, Government
As Coal Plant Shutdown Looms, Arizona’s Navajos And Hopis Look For Economic Solutions For decades, fossil fuel was the only game in town. Now, even that is threatening to disappear. By Evan Wyloge | Photos by Nick Oza Editor’s note: This article is a...
