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 ...

PHOENIX -- Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state ...

Katie Hobbs on Wednesday named Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court ... Cruz told reporters on Wednesday. Cruz ...

Maria Elena Cruz becomes the first Latina and Black justice on Arizona's Supreme Court, reflecting the state's growing ...

Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the state Supreme Court ... When she was 14, her family moved to Yuma. Cruz's native language is Spanish. She wrote in her Supreme Court application ...

"Her presence on the bench is a historic moment for the state, and reaffirms that the court belongs to the everyday people of ...

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 person chosen for the state’s ...

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