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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.

Arizona’s private care providers for individuals with disabilities desperately need an infusion of cash to comply with Proposition 206.

The assistant director of Arizona's Department of Economic Security says her boss bought employees alcohol during the workday after they agreed to give up their job protections.

Tucson’s policy of destroying guns the police seize could end up costing the city millions of dollars.

The polls got it wrong. Trump, now the president-elect, claimed throughout his campaign that polls did not reflect the wide support he held among the white working-class Americans who often packed his rallies.

Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday he does not want the new president and Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act unless and until they come up with a replacement that protects Arizonans.