Maria Elena Cruz is joining the Arizona Supreme Court, one of the most exclusive clubs with lasting judicial consequences. That club is so exclusive, in fact, that the few available spots have ...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the state Supreme Court. Cruz is an appeals court judge. She's the first Latina and first Black Arizonan to serve on the Arizona Supreme ...

PHOENIX – Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her first Arizona Supreme Court appointment on Wednesday. Hobbs selected Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill the vacancy created by the ...

Despite a recommendation from its own committee, the Arizona Supreme Court has decided to delay ruling on whether a subsidiary of Big Four accounting firm KPMG can obtain a license to operate as a ...

PHOENIX — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from rural Yuma County the first Latina and first ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her pick for a new justice of the state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. Gov. Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz as the ...

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Hispanic woman who also is the first Black person to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court. Maria Elena Cruz, now a judge on the Court of ...