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Phoenix- Attorney General Kris Mayes, along with Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, and Attorneys General representing 33 other states, last week sent a letter to Congressional leaders, informing them of an issue of grave concern with the National Human Trafficking Hotline and requesting their assistance to preserve the critical joint federal-state effort to end trafficking.
 

PHOENIX - Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a multistate federal lawsuit against the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) accusing it of singling out one of the two drugs used for medication abortions for excessively burdensome regulation, despite ample evidence that the drug is safer than Tylenol.

PHOENIX – Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes released documents related to the investigations into the handling of the 2020 election in Arizona.
 
Despite Arizona Attorney General Office (AAGO) agents and support staff spending over 10,000 hours investigating voting irregularities and alleged instances of illegal voting by high-profile election deniers, a September 2022 summary prepared by AAGO's Special Investigations Section stated:

TEMPE- Attorney General Kris Mayes will be joining Interim Tempe Police Chief Josie Montenegro and Phoenix DEA Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz for a joint press conference on a recent large-scale interagency narcotics investigation in the Valley.

Agents recovered over four and a half million fentanyl pills, over three thousand pounds of methamphetamine, along with large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl powder.

Who: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes
Interim Tempe Police Chief Josie Montenegro 

PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the Arizona Attorney General’s Office is launching an anti-trust investigation of the proposed merger between The Kroger Co., parent company of Smith's and Fry’s Food & Drug Stores, and Albertsons Companies, which operates supermarkets under the Albertsons and Safeway brands in Arizona.

PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in submitting comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to proposed changes to the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program.
 
IDR plans enable borrowers to make payments based on income and family size and offer the possibility of loan forgiveness after 20 or 25 years of qualifying payments. 

PHOENIX – Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that Arizona would stop participating in investigations into major American banks and other financial institutions over ESG practices related to investing.

PHOENIX –As Valentine’s Day approaches, Attorney General Kris Mayes urges all Arizonans to protect themselves from romance scams, also known as confidence fraud, which are meant to play on the heartstrings of unwitting victims.

Phoenix – As Arizona prepares to host the Super Bowl, Attorney General Kris Mayes urges all football fans to use only legal sports betting websites and apps if they choose to place bets on the big game.

PHOENIX - Today, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a new partnership with her office (AGO) and the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) to launch a first-of-its-kind Train the Trainer program aimed at creating awareness and preventing human trafficking and missing and murdered Indigenous People in tribal communities.