Tag: Attorney General Kris Mayes

Judge Rejects Arizona AG’s Attempt to Revoke Elections Agreement With County Recorder

An Arizona judge has rejected state Attorney General Kris Mayes’s attempt to terminate an agreement between Cochise County and the county recorder in a Thursday ruling. The agreement, which was drafted in February 2023, permits the Cochise County’s recorder to be granted control over “almost all of the powers and duties of the election conferred by…


Arizona Attorney General Stops State’s Probe Into ESG Banking Practices

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the state would not participate in further investigations of United States banks and financial institutions that engage in Environmental, Social, and Justice (ESG) lending and investment practices. In a Feb. 13 statement, Mayes, a Democrat, accused her Republican predecessor Mark Brnovich of launching “politicized investigations” into the environmental sustainability…