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Calling all journalists! We're currently accepting Report for America corps member applications for the 2025-2026 program year. Positions include: ✅ Criminal justice accountability, AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social ✅ Rural communities, @SEMissourian ✅ Black Wall Street and economic mobility,

Our latest collab, from Francesca D'Annunzio, Melissa del Bosque and Monica Camacho: This ex-DPS captain has the ears of millions of Americans—including incoming border czar Tom Homan. w/Texas Observer Lighthouse Reports 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. & Puente News Collaborative. azcir.org/news/2025/01/1…

We're thrilled to welcome Christopher Lomahquahu to our team, with speacial thanks to the Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation & Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation

Dozens of Native American residents of sober living homes and addiction recovery facilities in AZ died as state Medicaid officials struggled to respond to a massive fraud scheme that targeted Indigenous people Hannah Bassett & ProPublica's Mary Hudetz azcir.org/news/2025/01/2…

🧵In this week’s Local Matters: An AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social and ProPublica investigation revealed how dozens of people died as state officials failed to act on evidence of a rampant fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions. azcir.org/news/2025/01/2…

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/Maria Polletta azcir.org/news/2025/02/1…

We're beyond grateful to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for securing access to critical public records for our recent collaboration with ProPublica. Information held by government agencies is essential for holding them accountable. rcfp.org/azcir-propubli…

We still post occasionally on this platform, but if you want to see our regular updates and latest stories, find us over here 🦋: bsky.app/profile/azcir.…

Want to help shape the future of investigative reporting in Arizona? Come join our growing team—we're seeking a development associate to help lead AZCIR’s fundraising efforts at a critical time of growth for the newsroom. azcir.org/news/2025/03/1…

Last night, AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes visited KS to join Committee to Protect Journalists ‘s Katherine Jacobsen, Ballard Spahr LLP’s David Bodney and AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social ‘s Brandon Quester in a critical conversation on threats to the press and Democracy. I had the genuine honor of moderating.

Last night, AZCIR’s Brandon Quester || @bquester.bsky.social joined Committee to Protect Journalists’s Katherine Jacobsen, media attorney David Bodney and AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes to discuss evolving threats journalists face—and the strategies they need to stay safe while uncovering the truth. Thanks to Cronkite School for this critical conversation.

In January, AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social and ProPublica investigated 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/2025/04/2…

In January, ProPublica and AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social 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. propublica.org/article/arizon…

NEW: 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, w/ProPublica azcir.org/news/2025/05/0…

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. azcir.org/news/2025/05/0…