Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from rural Yuma County the first Latina and first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.

Previous GOP governors Doug Ducey and Jan Brewer were responsible for selecting the other six justices, who all reside in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county that includes Phoenix.

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On Tuesday, volunteers will head out for the annual Point-In-Time homeless count in Maricopa County. FOX 10's Danielle ... and some of them were in Arizona. Scottsdale is launching a new emergency ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday named Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the first Latina and first Black high court justice in state history.

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 being elected to Yuma County Superior Court in 2008.

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Hundreds of city and county workers and volunteers fanned out across Maricopa County on Tuesday morning to survey unsheltered people for the annual Point-In-Time count.

Last year, volunteers conducting the count recorded 9,435 people experiencing homelessness, down from 9,642 in 2023.

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.