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The real reason Republic reporter Don Bolles was killed in 1976

Maricopa County Supervisor and Rose Law Group Partner Thomas Galvin encourages water safety this Memorial Day weekend

Gov. Katie Hobbs says no Arizonan will ‘be forced to cut their water use’ because of Colorado River conservation plan

West Pinal-Maricopa transportation study still developing

Maricopa County: Kari Lake should be sanctioned for lies during election trial

Real Estate

Homebuilders set to construct thousands of homes in West Valley community

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal Three national homebuilders are working their way through planning and zoning to add 2,700 more homes in Surprise. Last summer, they chipped in to pay $111.7 million for an 836-acre parcel of vacant land at the Asante master-planned community near 163rd Avenue and Asante Boulevard,... Read More »

Gateway Interchange industrial development planned in Mesa

Via City of Mesa By: Richard Dyer | YourValley The look and landscaping for the third phase of the Gateway...

Semiconductor supplier expands in Casa Grande

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings.) By Audrey Jensen | Phoenix Business Journal Chemical Strategies Inc. is expanding with...

Surprise a top affordable city for homebuyers

By: Brandon Gray | KTAR PHOENIX – Surprise was named one of the top 20 most affordable cities for homebuyers...

Government & Politics

Maricopa council approves big spending on capital improvements

By Kimlye Stager | Pinal Central MARICOPA — In a somewhat unconventional move, Maricopa now has a 10-year capital improvement plan designed to addressed the city's growing list of improvement projects. The new plan was approved by city council at their regular meeting last Tuesday, with the total cost being $622 million. According to a city press release,... Read More »

‘No Labels’ Eyes a Third-Party Run in 2024. Democrats Are Alarmed

The centrist group is gaining steam — and raising money — in its effort to get a candidate on the...

Kari Lake’s last election loss claim dismissed by Arizona judge

CBS/AP A judge on Monday dismissed the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her loss in...

Paradise Valley hires Andrew Ching as town manager

(Via City of Tempe) By YourValley The Town of Paradise Valley has announced that, effective June 19, and pending Town Council approval, Andrew Ching will be the new town manager following the retirement...

2023 Legislature

An Arizona senator demanded all counties stop how they count ballots. Here’s why they won’t listen

Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli Mary Jo Pitzl Arizona Republic A Republican leader in the Arizona Senate is demanding that counties cease using current tabulation machines to count ballots, citing a recently passed legislative resolution. But the move has no legal foundation and his argument was criticized even by some... Read More »

Just look at what Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have done

The tamale bill, wherein 12 Democrats enthusiastically voted for the bill before they suddenly voted against it to spare Hobbs...

Hobbs rejects bill permitting concealed weapons on college campuses

House Bill 2667 would have prevented Arizona's universities or community colleges from barring those with a concealed weapon permit from...

Lawmakers approve bill forbidding teachers from calling students by pronoun that doesn’t match biological sex

State lawmakers gave final approval on May 15, 2023 to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does...

Technology

Medical AI’s weaponization

Ryan Heath || Axios Machine learning can bring us cancer diagnoses with greater speed and precision than any individual doctor — but it could also bring us another pandemic at the hands of a relatively low-skilled programmer. Why it matters: The health field is generating some of the most exciting artificial... Read More »

Why AI may finally be the tech that shakes up real estate

By Mike Phillips | BisNow Across the real estate industry, people are conducting their own tiny experiments to see how new artificial intelligence tools can help them do their jobs better....

AI hearing leaves Washington with 3 big questions

ChatGPT founder calls on Senate to regulate AI || Screenshot POLITICO MOHAR CHATTERJEE POLITICO Celebrity tech CEO Sam Altman of...

AI’s loneliness crisis

Deposit Photos Ryan Heath Axios Loneliness in the U.S., which spiked during the isolation of COVID, remains a public health...

Economy

Arizona Commerce Authority wins inaugural Economic Development Award

By InBusiness Phoenix With more than $60 billion announced since 2020, Arizona leads the nation in investment from the semiconductor industry, with further growth on the horizon. The state also has pioneered innovative workforce solutions to meet growing talent demands and facilitated a nationwide effort to increase U.S. semiconductor competitiveness.... Read More »

How Goodyear is shifting gears in recruiting companies

Wendy Bridges, Goodyear Economic Development Director By Audrey Jensen | Phoenix Business Journal The city of Goodyear was one of the first...

Pollack: Where is the recession??

The Monday Morning QuarterbackA quick analysis of important economic data released over the last week By Elliot D. Pollack &...

Arizona film tax credit expected to spur new Valley production companies

By Kylie Werner | Cronkite NewsPHOENIX – Anita Verma-Lallian launched Camelback Productions, which she says is Arizona’s first woman- and...

Coronavirus

Is COVID event at Arizona Capitol a shoutout to QAnon? This acronym raises questions

The America Project and other sponsors are funding travel and accommodations for the speakers at the May 25-26 event, according to Sen. Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, who responded via Senate GOP spokeswoman Kim Quintero. Ryan Randazzo Arizona Republic A two-day event planned next week at the Arizona Capitol to address the... Read More »

Six Republicans are investigating Arizona’s COVID-19 response

Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican (here receiving COVID vaccine) provided financial incentives to families and school districts that...

Biden signs Gosar bill ending COVID emergency

President Joe Biden is shown in a file photo from Nov. 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White...

Rep. Eli Crane calls World Health Organization ‘corrupt pawn’ of China

Eli Crane || Twitter By Tara Kavaler || Arizona Republic Arizona's most conservative Republican members in the U.S. House of...

Family Law

WATCH: George Finn, Rose Law Group transactional attorney who also handles estate and asset protection work, talks estate planning with FOX 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdiJyktf7wE You may not what to think about it… but Rose Law Group transactional attorney George Finn reminds us why it’s important to have a detailed estate plan to make sure your assets are distributed according to your wishes after your passing. Get a quick but informative primer on irrevocable trusts, probate, and... Read More »

A prenup saved me when my husband left. One could save you, too. Rose Law Group family law attorney Scott Ghormley explains why.

By Caitlin Kelly | The New York Times The only local job available was tapping maple trees, and I couldn’t even get...

Hobbs vetoes domestic violence, utilities bills

Domestic violence affects one out of every four women and one in nine men in this country. By Howard Fischer...

Why Priscilla Presley is battling her own granddaughter over Elvis’s millions; George Finn, Rose Law Group transactional attorney who also handles estate and asset protection work, gives his take

By Barbara Davies | Daily Mail Despite grieving her daughter Lisa Marie's sudden death in January, Priscilla Presley will be pitching up...

Immigration

State now busing asylum seekers to Phoenix with shelters in southern Arizona full

Migrants and asylum seekers from Peru wait for Border Patrol agents to pick them up after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis, Ariz., on May 12, 2023. || Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, Daniel Gonzalez, & Rafael Carranza Arizona Republic DOUGLAS — A white U.S. Border... Read More »

Title 42 is gone. Here’s what’s happening at the Arizona border a day after rule is lifted. Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Immigration Department Chair comments

José Ignacio Castañeda Perez Arizona Republic Title 42 officially ended Thursday after more than three years, more than 2 million...

Thomas Galvin, Maricopa County supervisor and Rose Law Group partner, fires off letter to President Biden regarding end of Title 42

Letter to President Biden Regarding End of Title 42 President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave,...

Pima County prepares for “frightening” end of Title 42

Fox drone shows a line of hundreds of migrants who crossed illegally into Brownsville, Tex. Tuesday evening. || Twitter Nicole...

Cannabis & Hemp

[PODCAST] A look at Copperstate Farms, Arizona’s largest cannabis greenhouse

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Copperstate Farms.) By Arizona Daily Star How’s it growing folks?! It’s so nice to say "Welcome back to Here Weed Go!," again! I’m keeping it Arizona-based this episode by taking a look at Copperstate Farms. Known best by its five Sol Flower dispensaries in the Phoenix area, the vertically... Read More »

Florence’s Main Street showing new life

By Janet Perez | YourValley Downtown Florence, especially Historic Main Street, is always a work in progress, evolving to adapt to changing tastes,...

Maricopa passes revised marijuana zoning ordinance

By Monica D. Spencer | InMaricopa Maricopa City Council unanimously approved updated zoning codes for cannabis facilities during an April 4 meeting but...

Dispensary withdraws application from Maricopa

By Monica D. Spencer | InMaricopa A sign posted on the doors of City Hall before Monday’s Planning and Zoning...

Energy & Environment

Mohave County official blasts plans for expanded national monuments

By Liam Coates | Cronkite News A Mohave County supervisor said Wednesday that a proposed new national monument in northern Arizona would “devastate the economic growth potential” of the region, leaving little more than what he called “poverty with a view.” “Is forever locking down known American natural resources really the wisest course of action to... Read More »

Maricopa County Supervisor and Rose Law Group Partner Thomas Galvin encourages water safety this Memorial Day weekend

By Alexis Dominguez | AZFamily Digital LAKE PLEASANT, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Memorial Day weekend is almost here and if you’re going...

Arizona State University picked to establish clean energy institute

FEAM, 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. ALEX WEINER KTAR.com The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that Arizona State University...

Ivanhoe Electric closes on copper land at west edge of CG

By Pinal Central CASA GRANDE — Ivanhoe Electric has closed on a land purchase for its Santa Cruz Copper Project...

Water

Gov. Katie Hobbs says no Arizonan will ‘be forced to cut their water use’ because of Colorado River conservation plan

Ole Braatelien/Cronkite News Lake Mead and the rest of the Colorado River system are shrinking rapidly. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and water leaders on Thursday said the state will ‘lead the way’ in a new water conservation agreement with Nevada and California. || File photo by Ted Wood/The Water Desk... Read More »

‘Significant repercussions.’ Supreme Court limits government power to curb water pollution

The case, Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 21-454, concerned an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who sought to...

Running on Empty

Rio Verde voters previously rejected their chance to create their own water district.|| Screenshot AzFamily JIMMY MAGAHERN Phoenix Magazine Breathlessly...

Surprise receives upbeat water supply update

By Richard Smith | YourValley Cautious optimism is preferable when discussing Arizona’s water resources, given the dire updates of the past two years....

Transportation

West Pinal-Maricopa transportation study still developing

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County who have worked to bring new transportation infrastructure to the region.) By Kimlye Stager | Pinal Central MARICOPA — A new transportation plan is in the works to address future infrastructure needs along the western edge of Pinal County. ... Read More »

Debate rages over Scottsdale’s road diets

By Tom Scanlon | Scottsdale Progress On May 16, Scottsdale City Council spent about an hour listening to a presentation on and...

1ON1 with Scottsdale Councilman Graham on the state of traffic

By Terrance Thornton | Digital Free Press To the chagrin of motorists everywhere the idea of traveling to a downtown sector and finding the elusive convenient parking spot can, in of itself, be...

Loop 303 billboards closer to construction in Surprise

COURTESY CITY OF SURPRISE By Jason Stone | Your Valley Three electronic billboards are a step closer to going up on a section of Loop 303 in north Surprise. The Surprise Planning...

The New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch Archive

Rose Law Group Power Lunch All-Stars panel delivers exclusive housing market insights to over 300 guests

By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter The take away from the latest Rose Law Group Power Lunch, attended by over 300 market leaders, was that this current market is more of a “deceleration” clouded by “cynical B.S.” than a concerning threat to the Arizona real estate market. ... Read More »

Rose Law Group Power Lunch All-Stars Real Estate Market Analysis Recap

https://youtu.be/251sEfTEmqo By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Prominent economist Elliott Pollack and leading homebuilding and real estate executives are...

Power Lunch. Mic Drop. Out.

By Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group Founder and President I am guessing I have 100 percent reader agreement when I...

How long will the housing surge last? Experts at Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch discuss.

By Philip Haldiman | Scottsdale Independent The housing market in Arizona is gangbusters right now, but how long can the...

Entertainment

The real reason Republic reporter Don Bolles was killed in 1976

Don Bolles was mortally wounded when a dynamite bomb exploded under his car on June 2, 1976. He died 11 days later, after three of his limbs were amputated to stave off infection. Richard Ruelas Arizona Republic More than 45 years after Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was gravely injured... Read More »

Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, appointed to Phoenix Art Museum’s Board of Trustees

New board members bring vital expertise in law, finance, and business leadership By Phoenix Art Museum PHOENIX (May 12, 2023) –Phoenix...

Keith’s Movie Korner: ’Book Club: The Next Chapter’ is more of a travel brochure

By Keith Walther | Rose Law Group Reporter ENIT, which is the Italian State Tourist Board, gets to save some...

Arizona film tax credit expected to spur new Valley production companies

By Kylie Werner | Cronkite NewsPHOENIX – Anita Verma-Lallian launched Camelback Productions, which she says is Arizona’s first woman- and...

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