Maria Elena Cruz worked as a superior court judge in Yuma County for several years.

Because the officers were considered crime victims under Arizona law, their false statements were immune from a lawsuit, the ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Latina and the first Black ever on the Arizona Supreme Court. While in private ...

Arizona's new Supreme Court Justice xxxxxxx, has strong ties to the University of Arizona. Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Black and Hispanic woman on the Arizona Supreme Court. The governor chose Maria ...

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

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court, which will make ...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the first ...

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

This transfer came at Judge Nowinski's own request and that of Domestic Violence Division Presiding Judge Judith Rice. There had been calls for months to reassign Nowinski after the stabbing that ...