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An audit of the security policies and weapons stash of the Department of Economic Security under its former director found shoddy record keeping, insecure storage of guns and ammunition and violations of state procurement policies.

Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan will not turn over voter data to the Trump administration, arguing that to do so is not in the state’s best interest.

Dreamers at the state’s three universities will continue paying the same tuition as other Arizona residents, at least for the time being.

A little-known policy of the Board of Regents could blunt the financial effect of a new court ruling denying dreamers in-state tuition.

Bob Burns is headed back to court -- and not just in his bid to get financial disclosure records from the state's largest electric utility.

Bank of America has settled with plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit that accused the bank of using a “deceptive, fraudulent, and illegal scheme” to “exploit” ex-prisoners in Arizona.

The Arizona Corporation Commission is still without an ethics code, despite an initial pledge a year ago to come up with one and a federal bribery case casting a shadow over the regulatory body.

Henry Darwin, Gov. Doug Ducey’s chief operations officer, is leaving the Governor’s Office to join the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has selected Ty Gray, currently the departmentai??i??s deputy director, to replace Larry Voyles, who is retiring after 43 years with the agency, including nine as director.

Faced with an average of two deaths a day, the state's top health official is looking for ways to curb the abuse of opioids, both legal and otherwise. And some of that may involve getting doctors to find alternative relief for patients with chronic pain -- including possibly recommending the use of medical marijuana.