Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Archives

Hobbs’s Alleged Pay-to-Play Investigation by Mayes Resurfaces

July 25, 2025 4:27 pmJuly 28, 2025 7:21 am

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is under formal investigation by the state’s Attorney General following allegations that a politically connected group home operator made large political contributions and later received a substantial financial benefit from the state. We first broke this...

Hernández, Grijalva, and Foxx Locked in Tight Dem CD7 Primary Battle

July 15, 2025 8:36 amJuly 25, 2025 4:29 pm

Today, July 15, 2025, Southern Arizona voters will flock to the polls in the special primary election to fill the seat left vacant after U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva passed away on March 13, 2025. This special election marks the first...

Kupper, Mayes Join Sides Against Massive Utility Rate Hike

June 19, 2025 8:20 amJune 25, 2025 4:37 pm

An unlikely duo emerged in the wake of Arizona Public Service’s (APS) proposal to raise electricity rates by 14%. Freshman Rep. Nick Kupper and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are each calling foul on APS’s request to raise rates almost immediately...

ACC’s Kevin Thompson Denies Ever Stating ‘People Don’t Understand’

June 16, 2025 5:23 pmJune 23, 2025 4:29 pm

Kevin Thompson, Republican Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission, privately messaged the Arizona Globe to dispute the suggestion that he and fellow Commissioner Nick Myers have ever said “people don’t understand,” as stated in the Globe story dated June 12, 2025....

Hobbs, Mayes Support ‘No Kings’ Protests on Flag Day, Army’s 250th

June 14, 2025 7:44 amJune 22, 2025 6:52 am

Attorney General Kris Mayes once condemned the Trump administration for “unlawfully deploying the California National Guard against protestors without coordinating with state leadership,” saying, “The Trump administration should be working with local leaders to keep our communities safe, not mobilizing the military against...

AG Mayes Botches ‘Fake Electors’ Case

May 22, 2025 3:05 pmJune 2, 2025 4:10 pm

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ prosecution of the so-called “alternate electors” has encountered a major setback in a significant development. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ruled that the case must be re-presented to a grand jury due to...

Mayes’s Tariff Lawsuit Proves ‘Trump Hate’ Overshadows Policy

April 25, 2025 5:00 amMay 1, 2025 7:55 am

Arizona’s Attorney General Kris Mayes never met a Trump lawsuit she didn’t like. And her latest move, enjoining a multistate suit to halt Trump’s use of tariffs, proves the point. Even before the election, which Trump won by achieving an...