Png transparency lost from PS to AI

When I use the slice tool in PS cs4 and save as a png the transparency is lost when dragging it into AI. The results were the same when I used either linked or unlinked.
When I use the "save as" in PS as a png the transparency is preserved.
Transparency is preserved in both cases. I drag the png into PS and the background is transparent, so the file is good.
The results were the same for png-8 and png-24.
Is there a setting in AI that toggles the transparency?

Sorry for the confusion. I am not dragging from ps to ai. I save the images as separate pngs, then drag the individual files to into AI.
The real issue stems from the slice tool in PS not giving me a transparency that is recognized by AI when I drag the previously saved .png file into AI.
Doing a "save as" in PS to a separate .png does preserve transparency (but I get a large region, not the specific slice) when dragged into AI. But then I have to do an extra step of cropping with Miscrosoft office picture manager. The slice tool solves the extra step, but introduces the transparency problem.

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