Arizona Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes Archives

Kupper Warns Hobb’s USDA SNAP Data Denial Hurts Recipients

December 9, 2025 11:36 amDecember 23, 2025 3:49 pm

Arizona may be at risk of losing federal food aid support after state officials again refused to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with detailed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility data. The dispute has triggered warnings from federal...

Mayes Official Ironically Arrested for USPS Package Theft

November 24, 2025 5:48 amDecember 5, 2025 3:04 pm

A high-ranking official in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has resigned after being arrested in connection with a United States Postal Inspection Service investigation into a misdelivered package containing high-value jewelry. Vanessa Hickman, who served as the State Government Division...

Petersen Blasts Mayes for Wasteful Electors Case Appeal

November 21, 2025 3:24 pmDecember 5, 2025 3:04 pm

Attorney General Kris Mayes announced she will appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court in State of Arizona v. Ward et al., keeping the electors case active after a lower court ordered the indictment returned to a grand jury because of procedural...

Hamadeh Calls for Probe of AG Mayes over $200K Payday

November 17, 2025 12:18 pmNovember 26, 2025 7:03 am

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is now at the center of a national controversy as Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-CD8) formally requests that the U.S. Department of Justice open a federal investigation into what he calls a “coordinated bribery and prosecutorial...

Pinal’s Miller Reacts to Likely End to Mayes’ Alternate Electors Case

November 12, 2025 3:15 pmNovember 24, 2025 11:02 am

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is signaling that she may drop the high-profile criminal case against a group of Republicans accused of acting as alternate electors in the 2020 election. The development comes just days before President Donald Trump issued...

Voters Say AZ on Wrong Track as GOP Makes Gains

November 9, 2025 1:28 pmNovember 20, 2025 2:34 pm

A new survey by the political analytics firm GrayHouse suggests that Arizona Republicans may enter the 2026 election cycle with strong momentum across multiple statewide races. The report, titled “Arizona 2026 Statewide Elections – Republican Opportunities Across the Ballot,” shows...

Mayes Fills Hobbs Abdication by Addressing Impending SNAP Shutoff

October 29, 2025 10:21 amNovember 9, 2025 1:29 pm

Attorney General Kris Mayes appears to be acting as the de facto governor, becoming the first Arizona official to formally address the looming shutdown of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As it stands, on November 1, 2025, nearly 900,000...