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U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

by Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas,

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

by Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for ProPublica,

Failed Root Canals, Lost Implants: How a Utah Dentist Accused of Substandard Care Was Allowed to Keep Practicing

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.

by Anjeanette Damon,

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

by Mark Olalde,

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

by Abe Streep,

Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.

by Aliyya Swaby,

Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.

by Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, and Dave Biscobing, ABC15 Arizona,

He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.

by Max Blau,

DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

Arizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme

by Jasmine Demers, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting,

Director of Arizona Medicaid Agency Resigns Following Fraud Scheme Response

by Mary Hudetz,

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes

by Mary Hudetz,

Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

New Utah Law Seeks to Crack Down on Life Coaches Offering Therapy Without a License

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

A New Mexico District Says It’s Reduced Harsh Discipline of Native Students. But the Data Provided Is Incomplete.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist”

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

“Lucharemos”: Trabajadores humanitarios temen que el cierre de un campamento en la frontera de Arizona ponga en peligro a los migrantes

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, fotografía por Cengiz Yar, ProPublica,

“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, photography by Cengiz Yar, ProPublica,

Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response

by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting,

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

by Daniel Rothberg for ProPublica and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas,

Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.

by Eli Hager,

The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

by Mark Olalde, illustrations by Peter Arkle, special to ProPublica,

Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

by Eli Hager and Jeremy Schwartz,

Denver Rallied Behind Arriving Immigrants. Now Its Homeless Population Feels Shortchanged.

by Anjeanette Damon, photography by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica,

Nevada Says It Worked Out the Kinks in Its New Voter System in Time for The Election, but Concerns Remain

by Anjeanette Damon and Nicole Santa Cruz,

Who’s Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Megan O’Matz,

FEMA Told Victims of New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire It Can’t Pay for Emotional Harm. A Judge Will Likely Rule It Must.

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico,

In a State With School Vouchers for All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them

by Eli Hager and Lucas Waldron,

Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.

by Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, photography by Adriana Zehbrauskas, special to ProPublica,

“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

by Max Blau, illustrations by Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica,

Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care”

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

How a Green Tech Startup With No Climate Experience Secured Millions of Dollars in Government Contracts

by Anjeanette Damon,

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

by Eli Hager,

Utah OB-GYN David Broadbent Charged With Forcible Sexual Abuse

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State

by Mark Olalde,

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Judge Lifts Order That Mandated Albuquerque Stop Throwing Away Homeless People’s Belongings

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of Homeless People, Violating City Policy

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

New Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts

by Michael Squires,

I Moved to Rural New Mexico to Report on the Aftermath of a Massive Wildfire. My Neighbors Were My Best Sources.

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico,

Utah Child Care Providers Are Struggling. Lawmakers Haven’t Helped.

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific

by Eli Hager,

A Utah Cleft Palate Team Says Its Approach Is Innovative. Others See a Pattern of Unnecessary Surgeries on Children.

by Megan Rose,

The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main,

Nevada Republicans’ Caucus Adds Chaos and Confusion to the State’s Presidential Primary

by Anjeanette Damon,

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    One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

    by Hannah Allam,

    Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

    A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say.

    by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski,

    More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

    The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

    by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

    Life of the Mother

    A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.

    U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.

    by Erin Edwards for ProPublica and Robin Fields,

    The Militia and the Mole

    Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

    by Joshua Kaplan,