YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Justice Maria Elena Cruz officially took her seat on the Arizona Supreme Court during a special investiture ceremony held Friday morning at the Pivot Point Conference ...

Maria Elena Cruz is the first Afro-Latina to serve on the court. Alexandra Rangel reports from Yuma, Arizona.

Maria Elena Cruz, the sixth woman ever appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court, describes her time in Yuma as pivotal in shaping her personal and professional life.

La diseñadora de moda italiana Maria Grazia Chiuri al presentar la colección femenina Otoño/Invierno 2025-2026 de Dior, el 4 de marzo de 2025 en París. (Foto de Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) ...

New legislation threatens funding for DART, risking 5,800 jobs and access to public transit in North Texas. Concerns grow over the impact on veterans and seniors.

As a Superior Court judge in Yuma County, Maria Elena Cruz couldn’t go to the grocery store without running into a constituent or someone who appeared in her courtroom. She said it made her a better ...

Maria Elena Cruz was sworn in Feb. 3 as the newest Arizona Supreme Court justice. Cruz, appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs, is the first Latina and Black justice on the court.

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

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Latina and the first Black ever on the Arizona Supreme Court. While in private practice, Cruz also served as a judge for the Cocopah Indian Tribe before ...

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.

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 ...

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural Yuma County will become the first Latina and the first Black person chosen ...