PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her pick for a new ... Cruz earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Arizona in 1998 and a juris doctorate ...

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

"I think we should be focusing our efforts on prevention, not escaping responsibility for causing them," said Arizona Gov.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural ...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to ... justice who will uplift those who need it most.” Cruz is a University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law graduate, and ...