Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Archives

Mayes, Horne Spar over ESA Procedures and Oversight

August 31, 2025 12:05 pmAugust 31, 2025 3:45 pm

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne sharply rebuked Attorney General Kris Mayes’ criticism of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, saying her public comments were misleading and politically motivated. In a letter to Horne and her television appearance, Mayes expressed...

Petersen, Hoffman Slam Dem Ortiz for Doxxing, Impeding ICE

August 6, 2025 11:57 amAugust 13, 2025 12:07 pm

Arizona State Senator Analise Ortiz (D-24) is under intense state and now national scrutiny following her social media posts alerting residents to active ICE operations. GOP-led legal and legislative leaders are now pursuing ethics and potential criminal inquiries based on...

Horne Shreds Mayes’ Education Funds Dispute Victory Claim

August 4, 2025 10:10 amAugust 13, 2025 12:07 pm

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne forcefully rejected Attorney General Kris Mayes’ claim that her lawsuit was responsible for the release of previously frozen federal education grant funds. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” Horne declared, condemning Mayes’ assertions...

Mayes Leads ‘The Resistance’ Against Trump

August 1, 2025 6:00 amAugust 9, 2025 4:44 pm

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes(D) has quickly become one of the nation’s most litigious state attorneys general, filing or joining at least 25 lawsuits against the Trump administration since January. Critics say the barrage of legal action is less about...

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

July 25, 2025 4:27 pmAugust 4, 2025 10:24 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...