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State Treasurer Jeff DeWit’s decision not to seek a second term in 2018 may not be as ironclad as it seemed earlier this year.

Back when she was a lawmaker and chair of the Senate Elections Committee, Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan made it her top priority to hold political campaigns accountable and shine a light on dark money.

An employee fired by the Department of Economic Security says his personnel file was altered without his permission to reflect that he retired.

State troopers have confiscated about 50 handguns and 80,000 rounds of ammunition that had been stored in the Arizona Department of Economic Security's basement.

Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWit spent much of the summer and fall overseeing finances for president-elect Donald Trump's campaign as chief operating officer, an unpaid effort that ended as he watched Trump give a victory speech.

Department of Economic Security Director Tim Jeffries was forced to resign today amid reports that he's fired hundreds of state workers and used a state plane to fly to Nogales to celebrate with employees who gave up their job protections.

The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has re-appointed a member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.

The number of homeless people fell nearly 30 percent in Arizona in the last six years, outpacing the decrease nationwide in the same period, according to report Thursday from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Gov. Doug Ducey said he’s disappointed in what he’s hearing out of the Department of Economic Security and said his confidence in Director Tim Jeffries has been “shaken,” a marked change in tone regarding the embattled agency head and the controversies that have dogged him in recent weeks.