AZ child care aid waitlist returns. An important update—and barrier—for families seeking aid, via AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social's Maria Polletta

Controversial policy blueprint Project 2025 seeks to fundamentally change how the federal government operates on nearly every front. And when it comes to overhauling public education, it borrows heavily from Arizona’s playbook. New from Maria Polletta: bit.ly/p2025az

"There’s a time clock running on when an abortion can be provided, especially with the 15-week bans currently in place in our state, and so anytime that is delayed or missed because of going to a clinic that doesn’t actually provide those services can be critical for a woman.”

ICYMI -- AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social's latest in a series by natasha yee

“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?”

Arizona cracked down on Medicaid fraud targeting Native Americans. It left patients without care. Hannah Bassett AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social/Report for America w/ Mary Hudetz ProPublica azcir.org/news/2024/09/1…

🎙️Tune in today to Here & Now via NPR/WBUR to hear ProPublica’s Mary Hudetz and me discuss our latest reporting on Arizona’s Medicaid crisis and the state’s response. AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social Report for America The Carter Center azcir.org/news/2024/09/1…

INVESTIGATION with AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social: Maricopa County rejected 1,798 midterm ballots for mismatched voter signatures. But AZ’s system is flawed, disproportionately affecting new & unaffiliated voters. How do we know? Data Oh, and we sent a letter to each one🧵 votebeat.org/arizona/2024/1…

We collaborated with Votebeat to mail letters to nearly 1,800 Maricopa County voters who had their ballots rejected for mismatched signatures. Our latest, w/Jen Fifield & Hannah Bassett reveals some flaws in AZ's signature verification system

The vast majority of AZ voters cast their ballots by mail, so how you sign that ballot matters. In our latest collaboration with @Votebeat, Jen Fifield & Hannah Bassett detail how the verification process of those signatures can disproportionately impact certain groups

NEW: Dark money and charity orgs led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges, w/ AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social, Lighthouse Reports, Texas Observer, palabra & 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. azcir.org/news/2024/10/2…

Some fantastic reporting out of the Texas Observer AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social Lighthouse Reports on the so called Border911 group that is up to some financial/disinfo/border chicanery. Worth the long read: texasobserver.org/border-911-mis…

The second installment of our ongoing series, "Seeds of Distrust," via our esteemed colleague Alfredo Corchado, who details a shifting perspective among a former borderlands hard-liner👇

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NEW: Perinatal mental health conditions are among the leading causes of maternal deaths in AZ. A lack of training among maternal health providers, compounded by pervasive barriers to care in rural areas, is preventing many women from getting help in time: azcir.org/news/2024/12/1…

Thanks to our partnership with Report for America, our newsroom, AZCIR || @azcir.bsky.social, is seeking a new investigative reporter to cover Arizona's criminal justice system. This is an essential beat for our state, especially in the year ahead. Got questions, let me know: reportforamerica.org/newsrooms/ariz…

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.

An import conversation with an esteemed group, with a special thanks to Cronkite School for hosting. Threats to journalists and journalism today are real, and we can't take action to mitigate them if we don't talk about them openly.