Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

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.

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...

Listen to (or read) the full interview here: www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

AZ has spent years and millions of dollars trying to get more students to continue their education after high school. So why are fewer students enrolling? Tune in to @kjzzphoenix.bsky.social's The Show this AM at 9 to hear AZCIR's @molboha.bsky.social discuss her latest investigation: www.kjzz.org

NEW: Mohave County is set to debut ballot paper with added security features in Arizona's July primary—despite questions about how well it will work. Read the first story in our new editorial partnership with @votebeat.org: azcir.org/news/2026/07...

NEW: AZ has spent at least $166 million since 2017 trying to get more high school grads to continue their education. Instead, the state's postsecondary enrollment rate has fallen—and ed leaders say AZ lacks the sustained funding and coordination needed to reverse the trend. azcir.org/news/2026/07...

ICYMI: A federal monitoring program was intended to protect those with schizophrenia from a rare blood disorder. Instead, patients throughout the U.S. lost access to antipsychotic medication clozapine, sometimes with fatal consequences. azcir.org/news/2026/06...

A federal monitoring program was intended to protect those with schizophrenia from a rare blood disorder. Instead, patients lost access to their antipsychotic medication, sometimes with fatal consequences. Here’s what happened when families fought back. azcir.org/news/2026/06...

ICYMI: AZ’s three public universities quietly dismantled DEI programs over the past year, following threats from the federal government to cut funds. When AZCIR asked what changed and how, officials declined interviews, records requests and ignored detailed questions. azcir.org/news/2026/04...

ICYMI: Arizona universities haven't been transparent about what they've changed to comply with federal guidance about DEI. To one professor at UA, decisions being made behind closed doors sends the message that "this isn’t your university anymore. This isn’t a community."

Arizona’s three public universities quietly dismantled DEI programs over the past year, following threats from the federal government to cut funding. When AZCIR asked what changed and how, officials declined interviews, denied records requests and ignored detailed questions. tinyurl.com/55yn7ku2

ICYMI: “The idea that we are a place where everybody has to carry their papers is not American,” said Annie Lai, immigrant rights attorney. “That’s not the kind of country that I think a lot of people think we should be.” Our latest, via @allymarkovich.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2026/03...