higher education reporter @ArizCIR / past: @forbes @coloradoan / big fan of creighton basketball and Harry Styles
Fort Collins, CO
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Molly Bohannon retweeted
Election observer trainings. Legal reviews. Tabletop simulations.
Across Arizona, officials and voting rights groups are preparing for potential ICE activity at or near polling places in November.
Read the latest from our partners at @VotebeatUS: azcir.org/news/2026/10/20/ic…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
NEW: Celestin Dima fled anti-gay persecution in Burkina Faso, then spent 2+ years in ICE detention despite being protected from deportation there.
Now, he's won asylum, and the legal landscape that kept him in limbo is shifting—but not without a fight: azcir.org/news/2026/10/06/ic…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
Workforce Pell promises to make short-term training more affordable for students.
In Arizona, schools initially identified 60+ programs that leaders thought could initially benefit. Just three are advancing.
@molboha reports on what got in the way:
opencampus.org/2026/09/22/ar…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
Nancy Meyers’ Daughter Just Launched a Target Home Collection That Looks Straight Out of One of Her Mom’s Movies variety.com/2026/shopping/ne…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
Expanded Pell grants promised to make short-term workforce training more affordable for Arizona students. But of 60+ programs schools initially thought could benefit this year, just three are advancing.
@molboha reports on what got in the way: azcir.org/news/2026/09/22/ar…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
Worth noting: The financial calculations used in this lawsuit misinterpret AZCIR's findings. The number of students reported was cumulative since the program began, up until the fall 2025 semester (not in a single semester)
We previously reported that fewer undocumented students than anticipated were receiving reduced tuition under Prop. 308, largely due to its disjointed implementation. Now, the DOJ is suing AZ, saying the policy is unlawful regardless of how many benefited: azcir.org/news/2026/08/27/do…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
'The pool of voters that could be impacted by this is an order of magnitude larger than in some ... other states,' one expert told @SashaHupka.
More on the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who could be removed from the state's mail voting list in 2027: azcir.org/news/2026/08/26/ar…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
Judges ruled that deporting these immigrants to their home countries could expose them to torture or persecution.
ICE detained them anyway—in some cases for over a year—while searching for other countries that would take them.
Read our latest: azcir.org/news/2026/08/20/ce…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
In 2019, Arizona lawmakers authorized secure residential facilities for people with serious mental illness who repeatedly cycle through hospitals, homelessness and jail.
Seven years later, the facilities still don’t exist.
azcir.org/news/2026/08/13/de…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
NEW: A lawsuit brought by two out-of-state investment firms could make it harder for AZ to protect vulnerable groundwater basins.
The case centers on the Hualapai Valley, where outside agricultural interests control virtually all of the basin's farmland. azcir.org/news/2026/08/06/hu…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
ICYMI: @ArizCIR's @molboha appeared on @azpbs last week to discuss her latest story on Arizona's yearslong, multimillion-dollar effort to get more students to continue their education after high school—only to see enrollment decline: youtu.be/PrfFwL5zyNI?si=ZSse…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
AZ has spent years & 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 's The Show this AM at 9 to hear @ArizCIR's @molboha discuss her latest story: kjzz.org/
Molly Bohannon retweeted
NEW: AZ has spent $166+ M since 2017 trying to get 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/2026/07/01/az…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
''There is growing concern that Arizona’s systemic design is not built to hold somebody accountable for this, or to even provide a clear signal of who should be in charge of solving this problem,' one local advocate told @molboha.
NEW: AZ has spent $166+ M since 2017 trying to get 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/2026/07/01/az…
I tried for months to find out what changes were made on Arizona campuses to align with the Trump administration's DEI guidance. Read my latest here:
Arizona’s public universities quietly dismantled DEI programs over the past year, following threats from the federal government to cut funding. When AZCIR asked what changed, officials declined interviews, denied records requests and ignored questions. tinyurl.com/55yn7ku2
Molly Bohannon retweeted
New from me: Legal immigrants are now getting tickets for not carrying their papers under a decades-old law. You can be cited if you're a permanent resident, international student, on a work visa, etc. Happening in southwest AZ but could spread inland azcir.org/news/2026/03/04/bo…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
CBP agents in southwest Arizona have issued more than 100 citations to legal immigrants using a 1952 “carry your papers” law that has been rarely enforced for decades. azcir.org/news/2026/03/04/bo…
Molly Bohannon retweeted
NEW: A court recently struck down several AZ abortion restrictions as unconstitutional. But more than a dozen new bills with implications for abortion access remain in play at the Capitol. From medication abortion to fetal personhood, here’s a closer look: azcir.org/news/2026/02/19/de…
Amid rumors of increased ICE enforcement in AZ, I want to hear from students and staff at our colleges and universities about the vibe on campus and what, if anything, schools are saying about potential ICE visits. Read my latest update and reach out: mailchi.mp/azcir.org/ice-pol…
When I first looked into how schools were handling the potential of ICE visits last summer, I found students were worried and wanted to feel more supported. Read that story here: azcir.org/news/2025/09/08/az…
