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

Gov. Katie Hobbs administered the oath to Cruz, who restores the bench to seven members after the retirement of Justice ...

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

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs unveiled her renewed effort to regulate ... Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a ...

It ultimately sent a list of five names to ... Cruz has served as a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals. Appointed by Ducey, she was the Republican governor’s first selection of a Democrat ...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court Wednesday. Once she is formally appointed to the state's highest court, she will be ...