For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

Eighteen states have sued the federal government over the executive order, showing the legal challenges the president will face.

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

The Arizona Supreme Court now has seven justices after Maria Elena Cruz was sworn in on Feb. 3. She's a historical appointee, and we're learning more about her in a one-on-one interview.

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

Photo: Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria ... on the Arizona Supreme Court reaffirms that the court belongs to the people of Arizona,” the governor stated. Cruz was first appointed by former ...

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

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 ...

Since the establishment of the Arizona Supreme Court in 1912, none of the 49 past or present justices have identified as Black. Only one – Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice John Lopez – has been Latino ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) appointed a new justice to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court, marking the first time a Democratic administration has been given the chance to influence the state’s high court ...