The "Rural Groundwater Management Act" would create new agencies to conserve water, Hobbs said during a news conference.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is renewing a push to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state.

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena Cruz has ...

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

Maria Elena Cruz is the Arizona Supreme Court's first Latina justice. But that's not the most important reason why she got ...

YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. — Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz to fill a seat on the ...

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday named Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the first Latina and ...

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

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her first Arizona Supreme Court selection on Wednesday, appointing Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the ...