Arizona hospitals will pay more under Gov. Doug Ducey’s $10.1 billion spending plan.

The Department of Economic Security has requested more than $3 million in general fund appropriations to match wage increases, without which they say services for individuals with disabilities may be severely limited.

Tim Jeffries, who was forced to resign as head of DES in November, filed a notice of claim claiming the report produced by the Department of Public Safety contained libel and false statements against Jeffries.

The former director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security denied the conclusions of a state audit, which found the agency amassed an excessive and poorly secured stockpile of ammunition under his watch.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has not yet completed its investigation of a stash of guns and ammunition found in the Arizona Department of Economic Security building last November, contrary to its earlier statement.

The case has its roots in the finding in late 2013 that almost one of every 12 child-abuse complaints reported to Child Protective Services that year was not investigated.

Forty workers let go by the now-fired head of the Department of Economic Security got an early Christmas gift Friday: They’re going to get their jobs back.

Department of Economic Security officials never processed a personnel form that stated an employee who was fired had instead requested to retire because the agency lacked evidence to support that claim.

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.