Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, moderating upcoming NAWBO point/counter point panel on if legislation should require women to serve on corporate boards
Jordan Rose The Phoenix Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) will present a point/counter point presentation on this topic for its Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 10, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program will be moderated by Jordan Rose of The Rose Law Group. Kina Harding of The Harding Firm and the […]
Read More →Kate Gallego sworn in as Phoenix’s mayor, stresses need for affordable housing
Phoenix City Council members recognize their new mayor, Kate Gallego, at her inauguration Thursday./Twitter By Laura Gómez | Arizona Mirror Phoenix officially has a new mayor. Mayor Kate Gallego took the oath of office Thursday morning at the Orpheum Theatre in the city’s downtown. Mariachi Rubor, an all-women mariachi band, opened the ceremony on the […]
Read More →Methadone helped her quit heroin. Now she’s suing U.S. prisons to allow the treatment.
About to enter a federal prison, a Massachusetts woman is not permitted to continue taking the opioid as a treatment to block cravings and withdrawal from heroin addiction. By Abby Goodnough | The New York Times A Massachusetts woman recovering from heroin addiction sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Friday over its policy […]
Read More →Arizona representatives refuse to vote ‘yes’ to make Mueller report public
By Robin Bravender | Arizona Mirror The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s forthcoming report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election should be made public. Related:Here’s how Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally voted on Trump border emergency rebuke The resolution […]
Read More →Valley cities not that ‘happy’, survey says; Phoenix very unhappy
WalletHub The U.S. Declaration of Independence speaks about the “pursuit of happiness” as a universal right. However, everyone gets joy from different things, whether it’s family, friends, activities, entertainment or work. What people might not realize is that where you live may also determine how happy you are Location plays a hand in how bright […]
Read More →[SUNDAY FEATURE] Would ‘horse therapy’ make you better at your job?
By Kate Donnelly | via The Wall Street Journal nteracting with horses are hardly unknown. In around 400 B.C., Greek physician Hippocrates touted the effects of horse riding in his writings, as did Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale in 1569 and French doctor Clément-Joseph Tissot in 1780. These days, the herd animals are being tapped […]
Read More →Age-old MLB traditions are about to be altered forever because of legalized gambling
By Maury Brown | Forbes Earlier this week, Major League Baseball notified the media, managers and PR for the teams that from now on, team lineups for games would need to go to the Commissioner’s Office first. The reason? Baseball’s new relationship with legalized wagering on the sport. That had more than one beat […]
Read More →Get paid for your data? California governor wants tech companies to show you the money
By Marco della Cava | USA TODAY During his State of the State address last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a brief, if bold, promise. “California’s consumers should be able to share in the wealth that is created from their data,” said Newsom, who went on to add that his team was working […]
Read More →[SUNDAY FEATURE] Michael J. Fox on acting with Parkinson’s, taking the wrong roles and staying positive: ‘Until it’s not funny anymore, it is funny.’
Talk by David Marchese | The New York Time Magazine It’s perhaps a strange thing to suggest, but ever since Michael J. Fox went public with his diagnosis in 1998, his life has looked, from afar anyway, almost charmed. The foundation he started has raised a staggering $800 million to combat Parkinson’s disease. He’s […]
Read More →[SCOOP] Banking on drought: private companies see profits in Southwest water shortages
By Elizabeth Whitman | Phoenix New Times Last October, Dorothy Timian-Palmer was frustrated. Over the course of two decades, Vidler Water Company, where she is CEO, had spent nearly $100 million in Arizona on water, land, permits, and construction. Now, the Southwest was in the throes of a 20-year drought, Arizona was bracing for […]
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