For decades, groundwater beneath Arizona’s big cities has been spared. That’s about to change

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fondomonte By Rob O’Dell, and Ian James | Arizona Republic While groundwater is rapidly falling in rural farming communities across Arizona, Phoenix, Tucson and other cities haven’t reached that desperate situation.  That’s because in the urban areas of the state — where there are rules limiting groundwater pumping — underground water levels have stabilized or risen in many areas …

These 7 industrial farm operations are draining Arizona’s aquifers, and no one knows exactly how much they’re taking

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fondomonte By Rob O’Dell, and Ian James | Arizona Republic The last time Regina Cobb traveled east of the Kingman airport toward the Peacock Mountains, the area was mostly unspoiled desert where cattle grazed on the sparse Mojave Desert vegetation.  She had driven up the dusty rural road to store a bighorn sheep she killed on a hunt.  …

Megafarms and deeper wells are draining the water beneath rural Arizona – quietly, irreversibly

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fondomonte By Ian James, and Rob O’Dell | Arizona Republic Vast expanses of lush green fields are multiplying in the Arizona desert, forming agricultural empires nourished with billions of gallons of groundwater in the otherwise parched landscape.  Arizona’s groundwater levels are plummeting in many areas. The problem is especially severe in unregulated rural areas where there …

Southbridge II, an Old Town project decades in the making, approved

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Paulina Pineda and Lorraine Longhi | Arizona Republic Fred Unger’s vision for the Canals of Scottsdale would have transformed the city’s waterfront into something akin to the San Antonio Riverwalk, but was rejected by voters 20 years ago. Carter Unger is seeing the vision through as a split Scottsdale City Council on Wednesday …

Scottsdale City Council approves SouthBridge 2 project

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal The Scottsdale City Council voted 4-3 in favor of the SouthBridge 2.0 project at its meeting Wednesday night. Mayor Jim Lane and councilwomen Suzanne Klapp, Virginia Korte and Linda Milhaven voted in favor of the project, which was amended to lower some maximum building heights, which …

Community concerns addressed, Southbridge plan approved

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Wayne Schutsky | Scottsdale Progress The Scottsdale City Council narrowly approved Southbridge Two on Dec. 4 following a spate of last-minute changes meant to address community concerns. Those changes were enough for two City Council members who were on the fence – Mayor Jim Lane and Councilwoman Suzanne Klapp – to …

Scottsdale City Council set to discuss SouthBridge 2 project

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal SouthBridge 2.0, a planned mixed-use development along the Scottsdale canal proposed by Spring Creek Development will go before City Council on Dec. 4 at its evening meeting. The project is proposed to contain nearly 1.7 million gross square feet of new buildings, including up to 570 residential units, …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and director of Cannabis and Hemp Depts., and attorney Jonathan Udell, talk missed opportunity for USDA Hemp Rule in Arizona Cannabis News

By Adam Trenk and Jonathan Udell | Arizona Cannabis News “I only feel angry when I see waste,” Mother Teresa once said. While fondness for cannabis sativa L. may not have been one of the Saint’s known proclivities, an analysis of the USDA’s Interim Final Rule shows it will undoubtedly cause the widespread waste she disdained. Meanwhile, Arizona and other …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and director of Cannabis and Hemp Depts., and attorney Jonathan Udell, talk missed opportunity for USDA Hemp Rule in Arizona Cannabis News

By Adam Trenk and Jonathan Udell | Arizona Cannabis News “I only feel angry when I see waste,” Mother Teresa once said. While fondness for cannabis sativa L. may not have been one of the Saint’s known proclivities, an analysis of the USDA’s Interim Final Rule shows it will undoubtedly cause the widespread waste she disdained. Meanwhile, Arizona and other …