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July 3, 2026 10:16 am

Birthright citizenship survives, but narrow margin is concerning: An immigration lawyer’s perspective

Rose Law Group named a ‘Top Workplace’ in The Arizona Republic — 12th out of 165 employers and top ranked law firm statewide!

The Monday Morning Commute, with award-winning traffic engineer Paul Basha: Determining traffic lanes

Rose Law Group Immigration Law Department Chairman Darius Amiri analyzes recent Supreme Court decision impacting Haitian and Syrian nationals

Maricopa County update from D2 Supervisor and Rose Law Group partner Thomas Galvin

Real Estate

Apache Junction P&Z has issue with MF project

Via City of Apache Junction By YourValley A rezoning and new planned development overlay for a 146-unit, two- and three-story Banyan Apartments complex using the Section 42 low-income housing tax credit program should not be approved by the city council, the Apache Junction Planning and Zoning Commission decided recently. The commission voted 6-0... Read More »

Council seeks members for Florence data center committee

Council seeks members for Florence data center committee

By Pinal Post Florence Town Council voted unanimously on June 29 to advertise for five members of a proposed Data Center Facility Ad Hoc Advisory Committee. The Florence data center committee will review environmental, infrastructure, public...

NAIOP has a new name

NAIOP has a new name

By AZ Big Media On July 1, NAIOP announced a new name for the organization: the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, or CREDA. According to CREDA, the new moniker better communicates...

National real estate developer makes Phoenix debut

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal A national real estate investment, development and construction firm that has completed more...

Government & Politics

Maricopa candidate forum highlights

By Ryan Tafoya | InMaricopa Growth, transportation and economic development dominated the discussion Thursday as six candidates for Maricopa City Council took questions during InMaricopa‘s candidate forum at the Maricopa Library and Cultural Center. Nearly 80 residents attended the forum, while the livestream received 13,000 views on Facebook. “I’m interested to see the demeanor of everyone when they answer questions, and see what they’re about and what they’d change about Maricopa,” said Moonlight resident Amanda Coffee. “I... Read More »

Eloy residents will decide on plan update approval

Eloy residents will decide on plan update approval

By Kimlye Stager | Pinal Central After a yearslong process, the community will have a chance to vote on whether they feel the new...

Quarterly newsletter from Pinal County District 5

Quarterly newsletter from Pinal County District 5

ADOT News for District 5 View Letter with Map Here Celebrating America 250 Pinal County Offices will be closed on Friday, July 3rd, in...

Arizona high court revives ‘dark money’ free speech fight

Arizona high court revives ‘dark money’ free speech fight

By Bob Christie | AZ Capitol Times Key Points: Arizona Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to 2022 voter-approved law Law...

Water

New study provides analysis on retaining AZ water

By Noah Cullen | Casa Grande Dispatch Arizona’s overall water storage is declining. Warming from climate change causes more precipitation to be lost through evaporation and plant transpiration. How can we capture more of this water, and ensure aquifers see more recharge? These were a few of the core questions prompting a study, called... Read More »

Arizona bets on Lower Basin cuts to avoid ‘draconian’ Colorado River plan

Arizona bets on Lower Basin cuts to avoid ‘draconian’ Colorado River plan

By Reagan Priest | Yellow Sheet Arizona’s water leaders are preparing to implement a Lower Basin proposal aimed at stabilizing...

Attorney general and Fondomonte clash over trial date in groundwater dispute; Rose Law Group litigator Briana Campbell calls out the state’s arguments on behalf of the company

Attorney general and Fondomonte clash over trial date in groundwater dispute; Rose Law Group litigator Briana Campbell calls out the state’s arguments on behalf of the company

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fondomonte.) By Kiera Riley | State Affairs The Attorney General’s Office and Fondomonte Arizona have hit an...

Another sweep from the state’s unofficial ‘rainy day fund’

Another sweep from the state’s unofficial ‘rainy day fund’

By Jakob Thorington | Yellow Sheet A state agency that was once promised $1 billion to find new water sources...

Economy

West Valley city names economic leader

By Hailey Mesnik | Phoenix Business Journal Avondale has its new economic development director. Cheryl Covert will step into the role after serving in an interim position. She is replacing Jennifer Stein, who moved into a new role in April as Avondale’s assistant city manager. READ ON:

Pollack: Inflation heads the wrong way

Pollack: Inflation heads the wrong way

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge hit a three-year high in May, but consumers kept spending, validating last week's decision to hold rates. 4.1% ▲PCE inflation,...

Major Arizona copper deal creates mining giant

Major Arizona copper deal creates mining giant

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Arizona Sonoran Copper Company.) By InBusiness Phoenix Hudbay Minerals Inc. announced the closing of its previously...

Phoenix Open’s future uncertain

Phoenix Open’s future uncertain

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents PGA TOUR.) By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal The WM Phoenix Open might look...

Energy & Environment

Solar facility breaks ground at Arizona cobalt project

By InBusiness EVelution Energy LLC, a U.S. critical minerals company developing the first commercial-scale, solar-powered cobalt metal and cobalt sulfate processing facility in the United States, announced the start of construction of the 28-megawatt (MW) solar facility that will power its planned cobalt processing operations in Yuma County, Arizona. Construction... Read More »

Proposed wind farm south of Seligman causes community uproar

Proposed wind farm south of Seligman causes community uproar

By Mason Carroll | AZ Family A proposed wind farm in Northern Arizona is sparking backlash in the small community...

Arizona’s major utilities to study potential nuclear power plant locations

Arizona’s major utilities to study potential nuclear power plant locations

By Reagan Priest | Arizona Capitol Times The state’s three largest electric utilities are moving forward with a joint venture...

Natural gas plant near Red Rock approved

Natural gas plant near Red Rock approved

By Nick Kanavati | Pinal Post The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted on June 17 to approve an Industrial...

Immigration

Birthright citizenship survives, but narrow margin is concerning: An immigration lawyer’s perspective

By Darius Amiri Chairman of Rose Law Group’s Immigration Law Department This week, the Supreme Court reaffirmed one of the oldest and most fundamental principles of American constitutional law: children born in the United States are United States citizens under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, regardless of their parents'... Read More »

Appeals court greenlights ‘speedy deportations’; Rose Law Group Immigration Law Department Chairman Darius Amiri explains what it means

Appeals court greenlights ‘speedy deportations’; Rose Law Group Immigration Law Department Chairman Darius Amiri explains what it means

By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Immigration Law Department Chairman A major development in federal immigration law occurred on Tuesday,...

Federal court strikes down H-1B visa fee; Darius Amiri, partner at Rose Law Group and chair of the firm’s immigration law department, explains the ruling

Federal court strikes down H-1B visa fee; Darius Amiri, partner at Rose Law Group and chair of the firm’s immigration law department, explains the ruling

By Darius Amiri | Rose Law Group Reporter In a significant development for U.S. employers and foreign national skilled workers,...

Kitchen manager sentenced after ICE raid at Zipps Sports Grill; Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group partner and chair of the firm’s immigration law department, discusses the case with AZFamily

Kitchen manager sentenced after ICE raid at Zipps Sports Grill; Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group partner and chair of the firm’s immigration law department, discusses the case with AZFamily

https://youtu.be/RmbaeD4eDSs?si=HgpN36hah0S0LtLm By Amy Cutler | AZ Family A kitchen manager at Zipps Sports Grill was sentenced to five months in...

Technology

Council seeks members for Florence data center committee

By Pinal Post Florence Town Council voted unanimously on June 29 to advertise for five members of a proposed Data Center Facility Ad Hoc Advisory Committee. The Florence data center committee will review environmental, infrastructure, public service, socioeconomic, land use, and economic development impacts tied to potential data center facilities. However, the committee will not have authority to approve or deny any project. Instead, it will provide research and recommendations to... Read More »

Are data centers bad for the environment? Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose weighs in with some ‘good news’

Are data centers bad for the environment? Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose weighs in with some ‘good news’

Jordan Rose Walton, founder & president of Rose Law Group who works with many advanced manufacturing companies, tells RLGR: “The good news is...

Microsoft to expand West Valley data center footprint

Microsoft to expand West Valley data center footprint

By Hailey Mensiik | Phoenix Business Journal Microsoft spent over $130 million for a 100-acre site in Goodyear in a...

[ANALYSIS] The AI water issue is fake

[ANALYSIS] The AI water issue is fake

By Andy Masley AI data centers use water. Like any other industry that uses water, they require careful planning. If...

Transportation

New industrial project to go up in East Valley

By Helena Wagner and Hailey Mensik | Phoenix Business Journal A 12-acre vacant parcel of land in Chandler will be turned into a 180,000-square-foot speculative industrial space. Boston-based Stag Industrial Inc., a REIT, and Becknell Industrial, a real estate developer based in La Grange, Illinois, are working on the building... Read More »

ADOT open house answers resident questions on SR 347

ADOT open house answers resident questions on SR 347

By Kimlye Stager | Pinal Central A long-awaited project will start at the end of June to improve State Route...

347Facts team wins state transportation award

347Facts team wins state transportation award

By Kenny Quayle | Pinal Central The team behind local success story 347Facts has won a state-wide award for their...

ADOT sets hearing on SR 347 widening

ADOT sets hearing on SR 347 widening

(Photo via ADOT) By Elias Weiss | InMaricopa Maricopa commuters get another chance next week to weigh in on the state transportation...

Water

New study provides analysis on retaining AZ water

By Noah Cullen | Casa Grande Dispatch Arizona’s overall water storage is declining. Warming from climate change causes more precipitation to be lost through evaporation and plant transpiration. How can we capture more of this water, and ensure aquifers see more recharge? These were a few of the core questions prompting a study, called... Read More »

Arizona bets on Lower Basin cuts to avoid ‘draconian’ Colorado River plan

Arizona bets on Lower Basin cuts to avoid ‘draconian’ Colorado River plan

By Reagan Priest | Yellow Sheet Arizona’s water leaders are preparing to implement a Lower Basin proposal aimed at stabilizing...

Attorney general and Fondomonte clash over trial date in groundwater dispute; Rose Law Group litigator Briana Campbell calls out the state’s arguments on behalf of the company

Attorney general and Fondomonte clash over trial date in groundwater dispute; Rose Law Group litigator Briana Campbell calls out the state’s arguments on behalf of the company

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fondomonte.) By Kiera Riley | State Affairs The Attorney General’s Office and Fondomonte Arizona have hit an...

Another sweep from the state’s unofficial ‘rainy day fund’

Another sweep from the state’s unofficial ‘rainy day fund’

By Jakob Thorington | Yellow Sheet A state agency that was once promised $1 billion to find new water sources...

Transportation

New industrial project to go up in East Valley

By Helena Wagner and Hailey Mensik | Phoenix Business Journal A 12-acre vacant parcel of land in Chandler will be turned into a 180,000-square-foot speculative industrial space. Boston-based Stag Industrial Inc., a REIT, and Becknell Industrial, a real estate developer based in La Grange, Illinois, are working on the building... Read More »

ADOT open house answers resident questions on SR 347

ADOT open house answers resident questions on SR 347

By Kimlye Stager | Pinal Central A long-awaited project will start at the end of June to improve State Route...

347Facts team wins state transportation award

347Facts team wins state transportation award

By Kenny Quayle | Pinal Central The team behind local success story 347Facts has won a state-wide award for their...

ADOT sets hearing on SR 347 widening

ADOT sets hearing on SR 347 widening

(Photo via ADOT) By Elias Weiss | InMaricopa Maricopa commuters get another chance next week to weigh in on the state transportation...

Family Law

Arizona House and Senate’s proposed spousal support changes ‘risks creating inequitable outcomes

By Howard Fischer | Daily Independent State lawmakers are on the verge of making sharp cuts in how long some people getting divorced will have to pay their soon-to-be former spouses. Legislation awaiting final House and Senate approval — so far on a party-line vote with Republicans in support and... Read More »

Oklahoma bans child marriage; Rose Law Group family law attorney Kelsey Fischer points out Arizona’s gray area

Oklahoma bans child marriage; Rose Law Group family law attorney Kelsey Fischer points out Arizona’s gray area

By Newsweek Oklahoma has become the 17th state in the United States to ban child marriage. Child marriage is defined...

Is it legal to leave my kid home alone in Arizona? Rose Law Group family attorney Kelsey Fischer provides the ‘clear’ answer — and poses a ‘better question.’

Is it legal to leave my kid home alone in Arizona? Rose Law Group family attorney Kelsey Fischer provides the ‘clear’ answer — and poses a ‘better question.’

Rose Law Group family law attorney Kelsey Fischer provides further insight in this comment to RLGR: With childcare costs climbing, it’s tempting...

Rose Law Group family law attorney Kelsey Fischer explains changes for post-divorce agreements in Arizona

Rose Law Group family law attorney Kelsey Fischer explains changes for post-divorce agreements in Arizona

By Jeremy Duda | Axios Bill signings heated up this week as Gov. Katie Hobbs more than doubled the amount...

Entertainment

Keith’s Movie Korner: ‘Young Washington’ feels a bit underripe

Photo via IMDb By Keith Walther | Rose Law Group Reporter What better way to ring in America’s semiquincentennial than a story about its premiere Founding Father? “Young Washington” is a biographical film from Angel Studios, who has a knack for delivering compelling true stories to the big screen. This... Read More »

Keith’s Movie Korner: July Movie Preview

Keith’s Movie Korner: July Movie Preview

By Keith Walther | Rose Law Group Reporter It’s the middle of summer and the height of blockbuster season, so...

Keith’s Movie Korner: The biggest villain in ‘Supergirl’ Is the script

Keith’s Movie Korner: The biggest villain in ‘Supergirl’ Is the script

Photo via IMDb By Keith Walther | Rose Law Group Reporter Another summer blockbuster – another massive disappointment. “Supergirl” is...

America’s premier wiffle ball tournament returns to Scottsdale in October

America’s premier wiffle ball tournament returns to Scottsdale in October

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents BLW.) Scottsdale Stadium will once again host the biggest event on the Big League Wiffle...

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Council seeks members for Florence data center committee

July 2, 2026

By Pinal Post Florence Town Council voted unanimously on June 29 to advertise for five members of a proposed Data Center Facility Ad Hoc Advisory Committee. The Florence data center committee will review environmental, infrastructure, public service, socioeconomic, land use, and

Solar facility breaks ground at Arizona cobalt project

July 2, 2026

By InBusiness EVelution Energy LLC, a U.S. critical minerals company developing the first commercial-scale, solar-powered cobalt metal and cobalt sulfate processing facility in the United

Maricopa candidate forum highlights

July 2, 2026

By Ryan Tafoya | InMaricopa Growth, transportation and economic development dominated the discussion Thursday as six candidates for Maricopa City Council took questions during InMaricopa‘s candidate forum at the Maricopa Library and Cultural Center. Nearly 80 residents attended the forum, while the livestream