Relaxed fuel standards could jeopardize Arizona’s air quality; ‘huge issue in Phoenix area,’ says Court Rich, Rose Law Group partner and director of Renewable Energy Department

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 …

[OPINION] Lane: Understanding the basics, and BASIS, of success

(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 …

Jordan Rose moderates Pinal Partnership panel discussion on legislative session

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 …

AG opinion: Officials must preserve public records even on private phones; privacy vs transparency, says Rose Law Group attorney Tom Galvin

Rose Law Group Reporter Public officials can’t use private phones or social media messages to get around public records laws, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich stated in an opinion Friday. On the other hand, the AG also concluded information on those private cells phones is not actually a public record, even if it pertains to public business Brnovich said public …

Mesa pays $13k after police officers lose woman’s dog; did the city get a bargain? asks Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigation attorney on channel 3

3TV | CBS 5    MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) –A Valley woman with a mental disability says she is still “torn up” emotionally after Mesa police officers lost her dog. The City of Mesa paid Dawn Bennett $13,000 in January to avoid any lawsuits related to the incident at a motel on Main Street, according to documents obtained by KTVK/KPHO. …

In this corner, Jordan Rose, in the other corner, Grant Woods

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club InMaricopa.com The Maricopa City Council voted Tuesday to permit a motorsports complex to move forward with the planning of a proposed private racetrack in Maricopa. The conditional use permit, filed by Scottsdale-based Private Motorsports Group, was unanimously approved by the council after a sizable group of both residents and nonresidents offered their …