Special Report Archives

February 2012

• Deteriorated properties prompt battles between struggling towns, professor
• State centennial: Examining Arizona’s ‘Five Cs’ a century after statehood

December 2011

• Eating healthy in food deserts: Many receiving assistance struggle
• Diabetes ‘pandemic’ takes severe toll among state’s border-area Hispanics  
• Arizona joins national effort to help homeless veterans

November 2011

• Street kids present challenges
• Children struggle to survive on Santo Domingo streets
• Thousands find themselves stateless in the Dominican Republic

October 2011

• High numbers of maternal deaths plague Dominican health care system
• Haitian women cross border to give birth

April 2011

• 24 hours at the border reveals region that defies stereotypes

March 2011

• Nogales maintains community despite economic, image problems  

February 2011

• Immigration crackdown adds challenge for south Phoenix schools
• Arizona’s English immersion program could be unlawful
• Border region school district forced to ‘disenroll’ legitimate U.S. citizens

January 2011

• Cliffs, canyons and caves: Discover Arizona’s ancient homes

December 2010

• Company seeking copper mine forges pacts with town, stakeholder groups
• Old Capitol building, monuments windows into state’s history
• As climate warms, deserts, forests, cities face uncertain futures
• Trapped in violence: Undocumented abuse victims face hurdles  
• Some Clean Elections money went toward laptops, hiring relatives
• Review finds no Bell, Calif.-scale pay among Arizona’s city managers  
• Iraqi refugees struggle to find work in jobs they left behind
• Rural communities struggle to deal with mounting foreclosures
• An interactive look at Resolution Copper’s mining plan
• Explore the projected effects of climate change on Arizona
• Rising temperatures threaten cities’ air quality along with water supplies
• From pines to prairie? Arizona’s forests susceptible to fire, beetles
• Arizona without saguaros? Drought, plant invaders pose threats

November 2010

• Often wary of banks, Latinos face cultural, structural barriers to saving
• Tohono O’odham gamble on big payoff from Glendale casino

October 2010

• For many on the Navajo Nation, it’s been a long wait for power
• Restricting boaters a tough sell in Arizona, other states

September 2010

• Many illegal immigrants entered on work, student, tourist visas and stayed

August 2010

• Women immigrants risk everything to cross the U.S.-Mexico border
• Drug violence, harsh terrain leave trail of dead on border
• Patchwork of state laws leaves undocumented students in limbo
• Federal program focuses on prosecuting, deporting illegal immigrants
• FBI data, scholars: As illegal immigration rose, crime rate fell
• S.C. statute cuts down on illegal employees, Arizona law yields little
• Safe at home: Some cities offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants
• Immigrant families face tough choices when parents are deported
• When parents are deported, citizen children fight to survive

July 2010

• Arizona school districts struggle to keep superintendents

May 2010

• Superintendents’ appraisals tough to get from many districts
• Most frequent Arizona Lottery players a little older, a little wealthier
• Disclosures don’t allow estimates of total worth for many lawmakers

February 2010

• With hay, alfalfa prices down, cotton production ticks up in Arizona

January 2010

• Authorities say tougher penalties needed to make serious dent in drunken boating