I'm excited that Justin is joining our Digital Storytelling Team. I can't wait to see the work he will do along with so many others in our newsroom. Welcome to Atlanta and to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!

NEW: Corizon Health, once one of the largest prison health care companies in the country, has declared bankruptcy, leaving malpractice claims in Arizona and other states on hold, and denying currently and formerly incarcerated people the justice they seek. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Tonight I'll be at Phoenix city council, where council will discuss how it can help residents of three mobile home parks facing eviction. In the meantime, here's the latest on what's happening at Periwinkle, Weldon Court and Las Casitas: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

What happens when you desperately need affordable housing and can’t get it where you live? Across the U.S., people are scouring the internet for open housing voucher waitlists— and competing with locals for them. My biggest ⁦azcentral⁩ story yet: azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…

Some of the biggest battles over what public education in Arizona will look like - and what support + recognition LGBTQ+ students will receive in schools - is happening at the district level. My colleague Renata Cló 🌵 reports on the latest flashpoint azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

In 2019, a Phoenix cop shot Jacob Harris in the back as he ran away. His friends are the only ones who've been held responsible for his death, sentenced to decades in prison under Arizona's felony murder law. Read Meg O'Connor's investigation. theappeal.org/phoenix-police…

5/ There was the pharma CEO who dumped about $1 million worth of shares in his rival’s stock the day before the company’s largest one-day drop in share price that year. (He then bought the dip and sold again before the announcement of an SEC investigation sent the price tumbling)

Breaking: The Arizona State Supreme Court has ruled state law does not compel the Governor to carry out an execution warrant. It only "authorizes" the executive branch to do so, and Gov. Hobbs has stated she will not resume executions pending a review of the process.

The Print/Online Division III Award goes to The Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In "MIA: Crisis in the Ranks," The Philadelphia Inquirer exposed how Philadelphia police officers abused a state disability benefit to take leave while the city experienced record levels of gun violence. #IREAwards (1/2)

Arizona is losing thousands of government subsidized, low-income housing units, thanks to a legal "loophole" that allows property owners to raise rents to market rate. “You’re making money by throwing the most vulnerable people onto the streets.” azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC GUILD IS WALKING OFF THE JOB 🧵 It's very simple, what Gannett is offering us would leave some members with LESS money in their paychecks each week, and that is unacceptable. We've started a GoFundMe to help support our journalists bit.ly/AZ-GoFundMe

Are you at #IRE23? Are you looking for a new job? Let’s talk about the future of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). I’d love to see how you fit into that. We are ambitious. We are working to be the most essential source of news in Atlanta, Georgia & the South.

Want to do data journalism on politics in the battleground state of Georgia? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is hiring. We're looking for a data journalist specializing in politics. Job posting at jobs.coxenterprises.com/en/jobs/job/r2… Questions? Hit up Charles Minshew.

On the data side, you'll work with Charles Minshew, Stephanie Lamm, Justin Price and me. On the politics side, you'll likely have the chance to work with great folks like Greg Bluestein, Tia, Maya T. Prabhu, James Salzer, and Patricia Murphy, among others. Apply now!

After four long years, we have a tentative agreement. Despite cuts across Gannett newsrooms, our Arizona Republic Guild 🌵 won a contract that raises wages for everybody and preserves medical and retirement benefits.

I’m one of the ones that will be substantially impacted by this contract. It will provide the opportunity to take better care of my family and spend more time with my son. I’m grateful to all those who worked hard on this. Holding my son as he slept tonight felt different.