Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) appointed a new justice to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court, marking the first time a Democratic administration has been given the chance to influence the state’s high court in two decades.

Newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Maria Elena Cruz has played a key role in some major decisions while she was a judge on the Court of Appeals. In May, she wrote for a

The appointment of Maria Elena Cruz broadens the racial, geographic and political diversity of the seven-member, Republican-dominated court.

For this Amazing Arizonans, Mike Broomhead sits down with Danny Seiden, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. — Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill a seat on the Arizona Supreme Court. Cruz, a Democrat from Yuma County, was announced Wednesday as the governor's choice to fill a seat vacated by Justice Robert Brutinel last year.

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Black and Hispanic woman on the Arizona Supreme Court. The governor chose Maria Elena Cruz, now a judge on the Court of Appeals, from among the five names submitted by the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments. By law, Hobbs was required to choose from that list.

Maria Elena Cruz, Arizona's newly appointed Supreme Court justice, didn’t set out to be a judge when she started her law career.

Some Arizona lawmakers want to restore funding to the state agency in charge of finding new sources of water a year after it faced major cuts.

At least 40 Native residents of Phoenix-area sober living homes and treatment facilities died between the spring of 2022 and summer of 2024, amid a Medicaid fraud crisis.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the first Latina and Black Arizonan to serve

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from Yuma County the first Latina and first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.

Arizona's new Supreme Court Justice xxxxxxx, has strong ties to the University of Arizona. Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the school in 1998 and a law degree