<p>Under Carmen Heredia’s leadership, Arizona's <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> agency withheld payment to more than 300 businesses as it investigated <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> allegations. </p><p>The state’s swift response left <a href="/tags/patients/" rel="tag">#patients</a> homeless, ProPublica and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found.</p><p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#HealthCare</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
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<p>“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants<br>—</p><p>For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/aid</span><span class="invisible">-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#Migration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>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 $125 million — just 5% of the funds the state estimates it paid to bad actors.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-investigation-taxpayer-funds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-investigation-taxpayer-funds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-medicaid-fraud-investigation-taxpayer-funds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> Regulators Closed a Failing Charter <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a>. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.<br>—</p><p>Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, <a href="/tags/academic/" rel="tag">#academic</a> performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#Teacher</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/41WKSu6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/41WKSu6</a></p>
<p>Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response<br>—</p><p>Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the scheme.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-homes-deaths-medicaid-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-homes-deaths-medicaid-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-sober-homes-deaths-medicaid-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamerican/" rel="tag">#NativeAmerican</a></p>
<p>Maricopa County’s and Arizona’s handling of the death penalty have been questioned for years. A 2016 report cited the county as one place with a history of “overzealous prosecutors, inadequate defense and a pattern of racial bias and exclusion.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/deathpenalty/" rel="tag">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#Bloomscrolling</a> from Mission Garden in <a href="/tags/tucson/" rel="tag">#Tucson</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a>. The last one is amaranth as I recall <br><a href="/tags/darktable/" rel="tag">#darktable</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a><br><br><a href="https://www.missiongarden.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.missiongarden.org/</a>
<p>Trump has reportedly urged Congress to authorize $175 billion for border security, more than 10 times what was spent during his first term.</p><p>Meanwhile, border residents in Texas and Arizona say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a></p>
<p>New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes<br>—</p><p>The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> USA picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com/@TucsonSentinel" rel="nofollow">@TucsonSentinel</a> - Award-winning non-profit newspaper based in Arizona, founded 2009</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@redata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>redata</span></a></span> - Research data repository at University of Arizona</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PLUG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PLUG</span></a></span> - Linux user group in Phoenix with online meetups, offline meetups, mailing list etc</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@PatagoniaRT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PatagoniaRT</span></a></span> - Non-profit local news site for Santa Cruz County, Arizona</p><p>➡️ @azmirror.com - News feed of independent non-profit news service for Arizona</p><p>🧵 1/3</p>
<p>ETA: thank you all for boosting this, the potential recipient found one closer to home. If you live near-ish to me and are interested in a singer 503a that needs a foot pedal reach out!</p><p>Any chance there is someone on here planning on traveling between approximately UC Irvine and University of Arizona in the next little while? Might be looking for transportation for a sewing machine between those approximate locations. Nothing unusually large, though a little heavy because it's an older metal one. Compensation in cookies and a fun story connecting people on fedi.</p><p><a href="/tags/socal/" rel="tag">#SoCal</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a></p>
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<p>Time for a new <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>!</p><p>I live on the border, where <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a>, <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> and <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> all come together. </p><p>I mostly post about <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a>, <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a>, <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#hiking</a> and <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#publiclands</a> </p><p>I'm interested in <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a>, <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>, <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a>, <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a>, <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a>, <a href="/tags/math/" rel="tag">#math</a>, <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#videogames</a>, <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> and <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> </p><p>I switched from <a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> to <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#linux</a> and <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#bsd</a> so I actually know very little about MS Windows.</p>
<p>Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found this year. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decision-making.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/az/" rel="tag">#AZ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/deathpenalty/" rel="tag">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a></p>
A brittlebush sage seedling doing the best it can with what it's got. Taken at Crystal Hill Rock Collection Area just south of Quartzsite, <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <br><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/darktable/" rel="tag">#darktable</a>
<p>Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Joe Arpaio’s playbook.</p><p>“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-287g-maricopa-county-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-287g-maricopa-county-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-287g-maricopa-county-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a></p>
<p>For years, a Phoenix nonprofit has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people, who use the address for job applications, for medication, to receive benefits like food stamp cards and even to vote.</p><p>Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pho</span><span class="invisible">enix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/phoenix/" rel="tag">#Phoenix</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/usps/" rel="tag">#USPS</a> <a href="/tags/mail/" rel="tag">#Mail</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>
Another small flower from the road trip I took with my dad. iNat says it is in the genus Nama, commonly called fiddleleafs or sand bells.<br><br>Get the wallpaper or print file for yourself: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/s/9d1135a68a" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/s/9d1135a68a</a> <br><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/darktable/" rel="tag">#darktable</a> <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a>
<p>NEW: Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say<br>---</p><p>Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/phoenix/" rel="tag">#Phoenix</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>
<p>“We're not a racist organization, and we don't racial profile.”</p><p>That’s a claim that Sheriff Jerry Sheridan has made again and again.</p><p>But annual reviews of every traffic stop or arrest of a Latino person have repeatedly contradicted him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/she</span><span class="invisible">riff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a></p>