The overall goal is to reduce groundwater overdraft, a condition in which more water is drawn from a well or aquifer than is ...

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs renewed a push Thursday to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the Rural Groundwater Management Act of 2025 to prevent out-of-state corporations from depleting ...

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

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 ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs' top budget staffer is resigning just as lawmakers and the governor begin contentious negotiations over next year’s state spending plan.

Shope’s “ag-to-urban” legislation is designed to address the lack of housing in communities where there’s also shortage of ...

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

This year's legislative housing battles kicked off as a bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step toward passing a ...

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural Yuma County will become the first Latina and the first Black ...

Photo: Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz celebrates her appointment to the Supreme Court on Jan. 29, 2025.