Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena Cruz has led a life dedicated to justice and service to her state and community,

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

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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.

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

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.

The lawsuit says the Department of Water Resources stopped developers from getting water assurance certificates by illegally changing rules.

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.

Maria Elena Cruz, a state appeals court judge, is the first Latina and first Black Arizonan to serve on the state’s most influential bench.

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

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.

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