By Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigator Legislation often struggles to keep pace with new technology. Typically, Arizona has been at the forefront of embracing innovation as the State is amongst the leaders of the country in allowing future-tech such as self-driving vehicles and drones to test and operate. However, in passing the new “hands free” cell phone law, Arizona …
By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times Tempe can enforce its voter-approved ordinance aimed at shedding light on “dark money” spending in local elections despite a state law that appears to be to the contrary, the Attorney General’s Office has concluded. But whether city residents can get some of the information they want on the political …
By Jessica Boehm | Arizona Republic Controversial Phoenix Councilman Michael Nowakowski will not face a planned May recall election after a victory in court Monday. The councilman’s sister, Rosa Maria Morales, filed a lawsuit in early January challenging some of the technical components of the recall campaign against Nowakowski. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Rosa Mroz ruled Monday that the Urban Phoenix Project …
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.) By Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group Litigator My favorite part of election season is seeing how ballot propositions fare. I find that ballot votes provide much greater insight into the future of politics than can be gleaned from candidate races. For example, despite losing his race against Texas Senator Ted …
The state is opposing the Trump administration’s proposed changes over ozone pollution concerns By Zack Colman, E&E News | Scientific American The Trump administration’s plan to roll back federal car standards promises to be a major fight with California and other liberal states. But it’s also opposed by at least one state that voted for President Trump. Arizona wants to maintain the …
By Jen Fifield | Arizona Republic The three owners of a medical marijuana dispensary in Glendale are the largest individual donors to candidates for Glendale City Council so far. Combined, the owners of Arizona Organix —William Benjamin Myer, Ryan Wells and Mark Myer — contributed a total of $38,100 to three candidates in the city’s two competitive races in this …
By Callan Smith | Rose Law Group Reporter “Pinal County is a shining example of what can happen in a start-up state like Arizona,” Gov. Doug Ducey Friday told a large crowd at the monthly Pinal Partnership meeting. Credit for economic growth goes to the small business owners, the job creators, he said, adding 160,000 new private jobs were created in Arizona …
By Samuel Doncaster | Scottsdale Independent When refugees arrived at Arizona’s southern border seeking asylum, attorneys helped. They advised newcomers about their rights, and they helped strangers ask permission to enter the land of the free. That access to counsel is one of the hallmarks of a free country. John Adams, before he was president, became a target for ridicule …
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.) Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents BASIS By Jim Lane | Scottsdale Independent Students at BASIS charter and private schools are very good at math. It’s one of the reasons BASIS has the No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 high schools in the nation as ranked by U.S. News & World …
By Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch The 2018 legislative session has city and county officials seeing red, and it’s not just about teacher pay. At the monthly meeting of Pinal Partnership Friday, a coalition of business and government officials, a panel of lobbyists addressed the bills that could have the greatest impact on both cities and Pinal County. For Maricopa’s …