By AZ Big Media Arizona Water Company (AWC) announced it has officially received its Designation of Assured Water Supply (Designation) in a signing ceremony with Governor Katie Hobbs, marking an historic milestone in providing water security for the communities of Coolidge, Casa Grande and the surrounding Pinal County areas. AWC’s Designation affirms the utility has met rigorous state standards for …
By Jeff Gifford | Phoenix Business Journal A new study has found that Arizona has built up the nation’s third-highest amount of utility-scale energy storage as of 2025 and handily led the nation for its annual rate of growth in that energy storage capacity. The findings come from the Q1 2026 US Energy Storage Market Outlook recently published by the …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.) By USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service completed the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and issued the final record of decision for the Resolution Copper Project. The decision is now available on the agency’s project page. This is another important project in advancing President Trump’s goal of mineral independence and energy dominance by boosting domestic …
By Michael Maresh | Yuma Sun Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls does not believe completion and opening of the spaceport will take five to 10 years, as some have speculated. Instead, he told the Yuma Sun, leases could be signed within a year and the spaceport could open within a three-year window. In a recent presentation to the City Council, officials said the proposed spaceport …
By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Chair of Immigration Law On Monday, the Trump administration sent Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports around the nation as the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown entered its sixth week. The partial shutdown stems from partisan disagreement over ICE funding and requested reforms, including increased use of bodycams by ICE …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Phoenix Country Day School.) By Paradise Valley Independent Phoenix County Day School has plans for major renovations to the campus including improvements to the existing baseball field, a new wellness center and two new digital information signs. To fulfill those renovations, the school, represented by Rose Law Group, will need to receive council approval of a statement …
By Women We Admire Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 24 Women Chief Digital Officers of 2026. As gitial tools change how organizations operate, the Chief Digital Officer has become a central executive role across industries. The position has broadened from a focus on customer-facing technology to one that influences the wider business. Today, these executives guide …
Photo via the City of Queen Creek “Water costs will continue to rise. Municipalities need the flexibility to respond to rising costs driven by our diminishing supplies. This bill, if passed, will force cities to delay water projects (and costs). Those projects will still need to be completed at some point; we will just end up paying more for them down …
By Canary Media Form Energy invented a novel iron-air battery to store clean energy for much longer timeframes than conventional lithium-ion batteries can. The startup is still constructing its first commercial project, in Minnesota, but today revealed it has clinched a potentially game-changing follow-up in the same state to support a Google data center. The utility Xcel Energy will install 300 megawatts of Form’s batteries in Pine Island, …
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents homeowners fighting against this utility rate increase.) By Rose Law Group Reporter Robson Ranch residents in Eloy are righteously rattled by a rate “increase to their water and sewer bills… after their small utilities were purchased by one of the largest private equity funds in the world,” Netherlands-based CVC DIF. How much of a hike? “The utilities …
