Cody Lillich
Investigative Producer
Phoenix
Cody Lillich joined Arizona's Family as an investigative producer in January 2022. Prior to Arizona, Cody was an investigative producer for WVUE-TV in New Orleans where he worked alongside the station's chief investigative reporter Lee Zurik. During his time in New Orleans, Cody was part of an investigative team honored with multiple regional Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards. The team's 'Inspecting the Inspectors' investigation looked into the missteps by city inspectors before the 2019 deadly collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel. The reports exposed that three city inspectors signed off on building inspections, while GPS coordinates on their city vehicles show they were never at the site on the dates in question.
Education
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 9:29 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Our review of the shooting cases involving Phoenix Police officers shows felons caught with guns aren’t always prosecuted for their crime.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:29 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The three main factors go into establishing a NIL value are performance, influence and exposure.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:55 AM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Cody Lillich
Turf Paradise must pay assessed fees and fines totaling $155,611 and pay up by May 3.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Arizona’s main active management areas are in Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties, leaving much of rural Arizona water use unregulated.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:45 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
The court found “Lake had failed to prove any element”. Lake vows to appeal to the State Supreme Court
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 8:05 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Before the Super Bowl, economists and organizations said the impact could be as high as a billion dollars.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 5:31 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich and Morgan Loew
One thing missing from the contract signed in the Hobbs Administration is how much this contract is worth.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 5:28 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
It cost more than $100 million to build the make-shift wall using shipping containers in the two areas.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 10:29 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Bell contends that none of the PPP money ended up helping the gym operations.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 9:00 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
In Arizona, reading scores held steady, but math scores declined.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 6:40 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich and AZFamily Digital News Staff
Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, was arrested Thursday and booked into Maricopa County Jail on one count of third-degree burglary.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 8:45 PM MST
|By Derek Staahl and Cody Lillich
The City of Mesa says the Trump campaign still owes them nearly $65,000.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 6:00 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Experts say the amount of THC in edibles can cause severe drowsiness, breathing problems and nausea in young children.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 2:51 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
Arizona is one of three states sending migrants, specifically asylum-seekers, to other locations.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 6:00 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The grants were all approved and funded by the federal government, but they offer a snapshot of the safety concerns and needs of Arizona school districts.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:31 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
At the end of July, Arizona was just behind Texas with the most officers shot in the line of duty in 2022, according to a monthly report by the National Fraternal Order of Police.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 3:04 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, 884,400 Arizonans have debt from federal student loans totaling $31.6 billion.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 5:03 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Arizona’s Family was in Duncan in 1993 when the area flooded almost as it did in 2022.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:45 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The price tag for the plan was approximately $6 million but the contract for the barriers shows the final cost could be even more.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 3:56 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
Many online speculated that the shipping containers stacked on top of one another were toppled over by weather.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:52 AM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff, Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich and The Associated Press
The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people across seven states in the American West as well as Mexico and helps feed an agricultural industry valued at $15 billion a year
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:15 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
A program that sends asylum seekers on charter buses from the Arizona-Mexico Border to Washington D.C. has cost the State of Arizona an estimated $3 million in its three months of operation.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 2:19 PM MST
|By The Associated Press, Cody Lillich and Jason Barry
July eviction filings in Phoenix and surrounding cities have skyrocketed to levels not seen since 2008.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:55 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Subpoenas sent to the Arizona Senate president and another senator request records related to fake electors and 2020 vote certification.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:00 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
An escalating number of fatalities among racehorses at one of Arizona's largest horseracing tracks has many asking just what is killing the sport's participants.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 6:00 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich and Gilbert Zermeño
A simple Google search shows examples of deed fraud taking place all over the country.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 8:09 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Some communities designated as federal Opportunity Zones don't pass the eye test as 'economically distressed.'
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 4:46 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The investigation found that Brnovich’s office has increasingly diverted funds earmarked for consumer protection to pay for legal battles that have nothing to do with consumer fraud.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 12:01 PM MST
|By Cody Lillich
The program was launched last year in anticipation of increased apprehensions of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:46 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The trouble started last week when Abbott announced his increased inspections in response to the Biden Administration’s plans to lift Title 42 immigration expulsions.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 7:40 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Tenants say the result is rising rent prices, but economists say they’re not so sure investors are to blame.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 11:17 AM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Police officers, firefighters, school teachers, construction workers and those who work in retail are already priced out of the home-buying market, and are already priced out or close to being priced out of the rental market.
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