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In today’s newsletter: Deaths tied to a Medicaid fraud scheme in Arizona; an attempt to overturn an election loss in North Carolina; how to research nonprofits; and more from our newsroom

Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response

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.

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“The right to vote is something Americans often take for granted, but as veterans we know how precious it truly is. Judge Griffin knows this too and is choosing a different path.”

 

— Claude Murray, a member of Common Defense, a veterans group that has had the ballots of some of its North Carolina members challenged.

Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020, reporter Doug Bock Clark found.

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Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations, with details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Our explorer also allows you to search for an organization or a person across the entire database, including a full text search. We’re regularly updating the explorer with new data as it is filed to the IRS, so you can set alerts for nonprofits you’re interested in.

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