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Investigative reporter covering health inequities for
@azcir.org
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23 days ago
Here it is! My first story with
@azcir.org
. When I saw AZ lawmakers had introduced laws that would restrict abortion access, I wondered if their actions reflected how their districts voted for Prop. 139. I found it didn't: Each LD voted in favor of the right to abortion care.
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Despite broad support for abortion access in their Arizona districts, GOP lawmakers push new restrictions
Voters in 2024 passed Proposition 139, a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Arizonans the right to abortion, with nearly 62% support statewide. An AZCIR analysis shows Republican lawmakers responde...
https://azcir.org/news/2026/01/12/arizona-voters-backed-abortion-access-gop-still-trying-to-limit-it/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
28 days ago
3 years after AZ voters approved in-state tuition for undocumented students through Prop 308, it’s unclear how many have actually benefited. The state had no centralized system to oversee the law's rollout or ensure consistent implementation, AZCIR found. Read our latest:
azcir.org/news/2026/01...
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Arizona voters approved in-state tuition for undocumented students. The state left implementation to chance
After Arizona voters approved a 2022 ballot initiative granting in-state tuition to undocumented students, the state put no centralized system in place to track participation or ensure consistent impl...
https://azcir.org/news/2026/01/07/implementation-hinders-prop308-undocumented-student-tuition-equity/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
about 1 month ago
It's the last day of our Newsmatch campaign, and we need your help to trigger matching funds by raising another $2,500. Will you help us get there? All donations are double-matched, and new monthly recurring gifts are double-matched at their 12-month value!
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
about 2 months ago
Drones “battle-tested” in Ukraine are now being piloted at the U.S.-Mexico border, where the boundaries between local police and military operations are becoming increasingly blurred. Reported from Ukraine by AZCIR in collaboration w/
@appalachia100.bsky.social
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Ukraine's 'battle-tested' drones are accelerating militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border - Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
As U.S. law enforcement agencies adopt drone systems “battle-tested” in Ukraine, experts question whether existing safeguards are sufficient to govern increasing levels of surveillance on U.S. soil. T...
https://azcir.org/news/2025/12/17/ukraine-drones-battlefield-american-borderlands-militarization/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
2 months ago
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
3 months ago
Democracy can’t survive without high-quality, independent journalism. From today through 12/31, all donations made to our nonprofit newsroom are double-matched by local and national donors
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
3 months ago
NEW: When CA and NV tightened groundwater rules, investors didn’t stop drilling — they just moved into AZ. Now, more than 99% of cropland in one rural basin is owned or controlled by out-of-state interests.
@azcir.org
's latest, via
@clomahqu.bsky.social
& Brendon Derr:
azcir.org/news/2025/11...
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Arizona's Hualapai Valley now a 'de facto transfer basin' for out-of-state interests
Since 2014, an influx of out-of-state interests have drilled nearly 200 agricultural wells in Mohave County’s Hualapai Valley groundwater basin, straining the aquifer and putting residential water sup...
https://azcir.org/news/2025/11/13/out-of-state-interests-turn-haualapi-valley-into-de-facto-transfer-basin/
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Brandon Quester
4 months ago
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
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
4 months ago
NEW: More than half of AZ’s community health center funds come from Medicaid. A new federal law could slash $34 billion in Medicaid dollars over the next decade—leaving more than 300,000 Arizonans without coverage, via
@jasminedemers.bsky.social
azcir.org/news/2025/09...
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Arizona’s community health centers were built on Medicaid. Now they face uncertainty
Arizona’s safety net of community health centers, which serve 870,00 patients, face an uncertain future as billions in federal Medicaid cuts loom.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/09/25/arizona-community-health-centers-uncertain-future-federal-medicaid-cuts/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
5 months ago
NEW: What would your university do if ICE agents showed up? In Arizona, the answer isn’t always clear. Experts say schools should have explicit protocols, but
@azcir.org
's
@molboha.bsky.social
found some of the state’s largest universities don’t.
azcir.org/news/2025/09...
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Amid student fear and uncertainty, Arizona colleges split on clear policies for ICE on campus
Arizona’s 20 higher education institutions with the largest in-person enrollments are split on providing clear policies for what to do if ICE shows up on campus.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/09/08/az-colleges-split-on-clear-policies-ice-on-campus/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
6 months ago
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
7 months ago
After decades of drought, contamination & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could deliver Colorado River water after generations of exclusion, via
@clomahqu.bsky.social
azcir.org/news/2025/07...
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Tribal water settlement aims to repair generations of exclusion
The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would repair decades of legal disputes and devote $5 billion to delivering Colorado River water to tribes in northeastern Arizona.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/07/22/colorado-river-water-settlement-repair-decades-tribal-marginalization/
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ProPublica
9 months ago
Arizona has so far indicted more than 100 individuals involved in the Medicaid fraud scheme and recouped $125 million — just 5% of the funds the state estimates it paid to bad actors. By
@jasminedemers.bsky.social
, with
@azcir.org
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Arizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme
The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million. But despite state and federal efforts, it’s likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won’t be recovered,…
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-investigation-taxpayer-funds?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=5-11
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ProPublica
9 months ago
Arizona’s Medicaid agency says its efforts to unravel the crisis could take many years. Even then, it’s likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won’t be recovered. By
@jasminedemers.bsky.social
of
@azcir.org
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Arizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme
The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million. But despite state and federal efforts, it’s likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won’t be recovered,…
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-investigation-taxpayer-funds?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=5-9
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The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million, but most of the stolen funds are likely gone for good. Here’s our latest about the state’s response to Medicaid fraud, with
@propublica.org
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9 months ago
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
9 months ago
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.
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Director of Arizona Medicaid agency resigns following fraud scheme response
Under Carmen Heredia’s leadership, the agency withheld payment to more than 300 businesses as it investigated fraud allegations. The state’s swift response left patients homeless, AZCIR and ProPublica...
https://azcir.org/news/2025/05/02/arizona-medicaid-agency-director-resigns-following-fraud-scheme-response/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
10 months ago
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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New law increases oversight of Arizona sober living homes
The legislation follows an AZCIR and ProPublica investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/04/22/new-oversight-law-arizona-sober-living-homes/
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Hey folks!
@azcir.org
is looking for a development associate to help lead fundraising efforts. Not to brag or anything, but this is a pretty cool place to work. Apply here!
azcir.org/news/2025/03...
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JOB: AZCIR Development Associate
AZCIR, a statewide nonprofit (501c3) newsroom based in Phoenix, seeks an energetic and motivated individual to help lead AZCIR’s fundraising efforts at a critical time of growth for the newsroom.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/03/11/job-azcir-development-associate-2025/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
12 months ago
NEW: More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications, w/
@mpolletta.bsky.social
azcir.org/news/2025/02...
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Arizona child care assistance waitlist returns for thousands
More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pendin...
https://azcir.org/news/2025/02/17/az-child-care-assistance-waitlist-returns-for-thousands/
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Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
about 1 year ago
Arizona’s Medicaid agency acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers at least $2.5 billion. But the state hasn’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths caused by the crisis. W/
@propublica.org
we found at least 40
azcir.org/news/2025/01...
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Dozens died in sober living homes as Arizona fumbled fraud response
Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion, but haven't accounted publicly for the deaths tied to the scheme.
https://azcir.org/news/2025/01/27/arizona-deaths-sober-living-homes-fumbled-response-medicaid-fraud/
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I am thrilled to be working alongside this incredible team of reporters and am eager to start reporting on the many health issues that are impacting our state. Send me those tips!
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