New Pinal solar farms receive support from supervisors

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents BrightNight Power and Arizona City Solar.) FLORENCE – Four solar energy farms outside of Florence, Eloy and Arizona City were approved with major amendments to the Pinal County Comprehensive Plan by the Board of Supervisors Wednesday. Box Canyon solar project covers [2,424] acres owned by the State Land Department, nine miles north of Florence on …

Republican marijuana legalization bill aims to build bipartisan support for repealing federal prohibition; move endorsed by Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell

By Jacob Sullum | Reason When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) unveiled a “discussion draft” of a marijuana legalization bill last July, he said he wanted to start a conversation that would eventually produce legislation resolving the longstanding conflict between the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and state laws that allow medical or recreational use of cannabis. But his 163-page …

Pinal Partnership updates on Nikola, solar, BTR, mining

Panel moderated jointly by Rose Law Group Founder and President Jordan Rose and firm Co-founder and Renewable Energy Department director Court Rich By Aaron Dorman | Pinal Central SAN TAN VALLEY — Now that Lucid Motors has begun delivering luxury electric vehicles to customers, is Nikola Motor Co. far behind? At a Pinal Partnership breakfast on Friday, Nikola Global Head …

Supreme Court unanimously strikes down mask mandate, ‘critical race theory’ bans; Logan Elia, Rose Law Group partner and litigation attorney, explains

By Jeremy Duda | AZ Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court found that several provisions of the 2022 budget, including a controversial ban on face mask mandates in K-12 schools, violate a provision of the state constitution requiring individual bills to encompass a single subject. The ruling will likely bring about a seismic shift in the way lawmakers craft future budgets. …

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director, talks to The Republic about Arizona regulators cutting grid access charge for solar

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Solar Energy Industries Association.) By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Arizona utility regulators on Wednesday continued to punish Arizona Public Service Co. with a series of decisions that cut further into the company’s profitability and ability to charge customers for things like a coal plant and for having solar on their roofs. All told, …

LD 8 candidates offer thoughts on transportation in Pinal

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the region.) By Mark Cowling | Pinal Central FLORENCE — Ideas for improving Pinal County’s transportation system and state funding shortfalls were shared by candidates hoping to fill a vacancy for state representative in Legislative District 8, in …

Gilbert OKs homes near Finley Farms

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Vasari Asset Management.) By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun Some Finley Farms homeowners are unhappy with having new neighbors they claim will add traffic and eliminate their backyard privacy. Town Council last Tuesday unanimously approved a minor General Plan amendment and a rezone for Cottage Lane, an infill project of 21 two-story homes on 3.54 …