The Portuguese American Cultural Center (PACC) in Palm Coast, held a general assembly on Jan. 15 with the new 2025 Board of ...

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

Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Hispanic woman and the first Black ever on the Arizona Supreme Court. The governor chose Maria Elena Cruz, now a judge on the Court of Appeals, from among the ...

PHOENIX — 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 unanimous ...

In a historic move, Governor Katie Hobbs has appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, marking the first time a Latina and Black individual will serve on the state’s highest ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Black and Hispanic woman on the Arizona Supreme Court. The Arizona Senate has no legal excuse to refuse to publicly produce the records of the firm it hired ...

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

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 (AP) — 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 ...