Medicaid cuts could mean reduced hours, layoffs, or even clinic closures — especially in rural areas where access to care is already limited. The ripple effects could destabilize the entire system, from emergency rooms to rural hospitals, @azcir.org's latest, via @jasminedemers.bsky.social

ICYMI: What happens if ICE shows up on campus? At some of Arizona’s biggest universities—including ASU and UA—there’s no clear public policy, @azcir.org’s @molboha.bsky.social found: azcir.org/news/2025/09...

At some of Arizona's biggest universities—including ASU & UA—there's no clear public policy for students or faculty to respond if ICE shows up on campus. @azcir.org's latest, via @molboha.bsky.social

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ICYMI: A tribal water settlement reintroduced in Congress this year could help repair decades of exclusion from major water allocations for Hopi, Navajo and San Juan Southern Paiute communities. Our latest, via @clomahqu.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2025/07...

Take some time to read through @clomahqu.bsky.social's latest two stories for @azcir.org. It's an important, nuanced look at a critical water settlement for three tribal communities in northeastern Arizona

Thrilled to welcome three new investigative reporters to our @azcir.org team, @molboha.bsky.social, @allymarkovich.bsky.social & @adriana-navarro.bsky.social. Give them a follow—and share your story ideas and tips!

ICYMI: Arizona’s Medicaid agency says its efforts to unravel the $2.5 billion fraud scheme could take many years. Even then, it’s likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won’t be recovered.

Two years after Arizona officials uncovered a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recouped just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud. With @propublica.org.

Our investigation with @propublica.org found that Arizona’s response to a massive Medicaid fraud scheme left patients without access to the drug and alcohol treatment they needed. This week, the director of the state’s Medicaid agency resigned.

In January, AZCIR and @propublica.org reported on how former Arizona Medicaid officials had failed for years to stem a $2 billion fraud scheme targeting Native Americans, despite repeated warnings. A new law aims to add oversight. azcir.org/news/2025/04...

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The waitlist counts, quietly added to the DES website after weeks of inquiries from @azcir.org's @mpolletta.bsky.social, quantify for the first time the impact of state lawmakers’ failure to fill a massive budget shortfall left by expiring federal pandemic funds last year.

ICYMI: Many of the deaths in sober living homes reviewed by @azcir.org & @propublica.org happened as officials—in at least five instances across Republican and Democratic administrations—failed to act on evidence that rampant fraud was imperiling Native Americans. azcir.org/news/2025/01...

This line. From a sober living home operator, to the father of Jeffrey Hustito, who died there on Dec. 27, 2022: “Since they have an alcohol problem, we let them drink a little bit to calm down.”

Our latest: Arizona’s Medicaid agency acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers as much as $2.5 billion. But the state hasn’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths caused by the crisis.

It's not too often that we get to announce two new hires over the course of one week! I hope you'll welcome @jasminedemers.bsky.social to our growing team @azcir.org. Giver her a follow and send her your tips! Your support makes these positions possible—thank you!

We're excited to have @clomahqu.bsky.social join our growing team of investigative reporters. Give him a follow and share your tips!

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The second part of our reporting on Arizona's maternal mortality crisis, this one looking at how the state and other groups are responding

"Women are not being assessed properly as they should be. We’re not identifying mental health (as a problem) until it becomes an emergency. This is where women die.” Our latest, via Natasha Yee & @carmela.bsky.social

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The vast majority of AZ voters cast their ballots by mail, so how you sign that ballot matters. Catch up on our latest, a collaboration w/Votebeat that shows how flaws in signature verification processes disproportionately affect specific voters

“I need to know, who is gonna actually help me? Who’s going to actually listen to me? Who’s going to help my child?”

ICYMI: Crisis pregnancy centers have emerged as the latest frontier in the battle over reproductive rights since Roe was overturned. A surge in taxpayer funding for CPCs has followed, even as state leaders warn about the centers’ "deceptive practices." azcir.org/news/2024/09...

NEW: AZ will reinstate a waitlist for families seeking state child care aid, effective today. With the exception of those the state can't legally turn away, new applicants are locked out of the subsidy program indefinitely, via @azcir.bsky.social's @mpolletta.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2024/08...

“I don’t even want to call it a waitlist, because nobody’s going to get in until we fund it. It's a denial list" The latest from @azcir.bsky.social's @mpolletta.bsky.social about the likely return of a waitlist for families in need of child care assistance 👇

Have you struggled to get OB-GYN services in a rural area, dealt with a postpartum mental health condition or experienced inadequate or discriminatory health care treatment during or after your pregnancy? We want to hear from you. Help us keep reporting by contacting us in the story below 👇

The rate of Arizonans who died during and after pregnancy nearly tripled from 1999 to 2019, w/the most dramatic increases among AZ’s minority populations. State officials don't appear to be tracking progress to address the issue, via @natashawroteit.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2024/06...

Armed vigilantes in AZ & TX have forged relationships with local and federal law enforcement—ties that appear to elevate risks of violence in already volatile border regions, a collaboration between @azcir.bsky.social & @texasobserver.org has found: azcir.org/news/2024/05...

In 2022, @azcir.bsky.social & @hechingerreport.org revealed that AZ schools often suspend students for tardiness and truancy. A new Hechinger review of a dozen other states shows the controversial disciplinary tactic is pervasive throughout the country: azcir.org/news/2024/05...

Short of meaningful intervention by the AZ Legislature, experts and residents worry the same regulatory shortfalls seen in the Douglas groundwater basin will play out across the state, with large-scale agriculture exploiting existing policies at the cost of locals: azcir.org/news/2024/04...

“There’s been a lot of people, a lot of families, a lot of businesses that have benefited from things being set up the way that they are. Ultimately, they’ll be hurt too. But not yet,” Anastasia Rabin said. “They’ll fight to the death of the aquifer.”  Our latest:

Important accountability reporting from @azcir.bsky.social's @hannahbassett.bsky.social, raising critical questions about how one of Arizona's largest publicly funded agencies has shielded the public and lawmakers from the true breadth of a crisis impacting our state's most vulnerable residents.

SB1262 could return AZ's social equity licenses for marijuana dispensaries to the original recipients, wresting control from those who overtook the program. The bill comes nearly a year after extensive reporting by @azcir.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2024/02...

We’re partnering with the International Women's Media Foundation for a FREE, hands-on newsroom safety training to AZ journalists next month as part of a national initiative focused on reporters in battleground states. Learn more (and sign up for a one-day session): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NEW: The state agency at the center of AZ’s ongoing behavioral health crisis knew its proposed billing reforms could trigger a surge in homelessness 9 months before implementing the changes, yet failed to adequately prepare for the fallout, via @hannahbassett.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2023/12...

ICYMI: When groundwater regulation talks occur in Arizona, surges of well applications follow—many deeper and with higher capacity pumps. The tactic risks cutting off the supply to nearby homes and smaller farms. azcir.org/news/2023/12...

As groundwater regulation discussions emerged in the Wilcox area of Arizona's Cochise County, applications for new irrigation wells in the area nearly tripled from the year prior, with some proposing wells nearly twice as deep and with more pumping capacity—a common scenario across the state

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NEW—Strings attached to AZ's School Safety Program funding has led to 100s of requests for mental health staff getting rejected this year as the state instead prioritized campus police, via @mpolletta.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2023/12...

Strings attached to Arizona School Safety Program dollars are leaving school counselor and social worker positions unfunded throughout the state, as Republican leaders prioritize boosting campus police instead. The latest from @azcir.bsky.social's @mpolletta.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2023/12...

The state’s failure to foresee the impact of widespread suspensions among behavioral health providers put already vulnerable residents at further risk of relapse, abuse, homelessness and death, via @azcir.bsky.social's @hannahbassett.bsky.social l & @mpolletta.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2023/11...