(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The city of Goodyear has turned to HealthyVerify Certification to help it navigate COVID-19 at recreation centers, parks, and public buildings with best practices that go above and beyond U.S. Centers for Disease Control health guidelines. Now, Scottsdale-based HealthyVerify Certification (HVC) is helping Goodyear with …
By Jack Nicas, Kellen Browning and Erin Griffith | New York Times Apple’s spat with app developers over its cut of their revenues exploded into a high-stakes clash on Thursday when Apple kicked the wildly popular game Fortnite off iPhones and the game’s maker hit back with a lawsuit. The fight began on Thursday morning with a clear provocation. Epic Games, the maker …
By Kelly O’Sullivan | Independent News Media The Rayner and Gladden families’ multigenerational Southwest Valley farming operations have weathered just about everything the world has thrown at them for the better part of 100 years, from drought and pests to extreme price swings and two pandemics. But there are two modern threats that are unrelenting — development and water availability. …
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Apartment owners and other landlords are challenging Arizona’s moratorium on evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Arizona Multihousing Association, Manufactured Housing Communities of Arizona and some individual rental property owners are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the state’s eviction moratorium that protects tenants adversely impacted by COVID-19 and its …
By Zulekha Pitts | AZFamily Looks like Arizona voters will see recreational marijuana on the ballot in November. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs tweeted the news Monday night. Thanks to signatures submitted by Smart and Safe Arizona, a citizens initiative to legalize cannabis for adult use in the state, recreational marijuana will be on the ballot. “After review, the petition …
By Jeremy Duda | AZ Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court may have opened the door to allowing the legislature to overrule the Corporation Commission on renewable energy standards, a longtime goal of some conservative lawmakers who dislike the mandates imposed on electrical utilities. On July 31, the court upheld the commission’s decision to appoint an interim manager for …
By Thomas Galvin | Rose Law Group Reporter Yesterday, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced new rules for several industries that have been shut down during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new rules have been promulgated in response to the recent lawsuit involving the state and Mountainside Fitness. Specifically, gyms and fitness centers, bars and nightclubs, waterparks and tubing, and movie theaters will …
By AZRE | AZ Big Media Applications for Arizona’s Rental Property Owner Preservation Fund, providing assistance to rental property owners across the state who are facing a loss of rental income due to COVID-19, opened today. Governor Doug Ducey announced $5 million for this Fund last month. All applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the entire amount is awarded. …
By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — State health officials may now have standards of when they think it’s safe for kids to go back to school. But a new statewide survey of likely voters shows that most Arizonans are not comfortable with the idea, even if the state gives the go-ahead. And Democrats are even more reticent …
By Daniel Gauthier | Rose Law Group Reporter Over the weekend President Trump signed four executive orders providing COVID-19 related relief to Americans. The President’s actions come as Congress continues to negotiate – and fails to agree on – the next round of COVID-19 stimulus funding. Contained in one of the executive orders is a payroll tax deferral for certain American workers …
