Arizona’s Approved High-Earner Tax Unconstitutional, Suit Says

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Abraham Gross | Law360 An approved Arizona ballot measure that will impose a 3.5% income tax surcharge on the state’s highest earners to fund education programs is unconstitutional, a retired state judge, a state resident and her business told a state court. In …

Arizona’s Prop. 208 Tax Hike Could Be Voided If New Lawsuits Succeed

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square Proposition 208, Arizona’s most recently approved tax increase, could be voided if a pair of legal challenges succeed. Once Arizona’s voter-approved tax increase on higher earners was certified by state leaders as having …

Proposition 208 Legal Challenge Rests On Claim New Law Sidesteps Arizona Constitution, Featuring Comment From Tom Galvin, Rose Law Group Attorney

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Terrance Thorton | Scottstdale Independent Minutes following the official canvass of the 2020 November general election, litigation challenging tenets of the new education funding law ratified by the Arizona electorate was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court. Scottsdale-based …

Goldwater Institute, My Sister’s Closet File Lawsuits Challenging Prop 208

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Kaci Demarist | KTAR PHOENIX – The Goldwater Institute and My Sister’s Closet filed separate lawsuits on Monday aiming to challenge the constitutionality of Proposition 208, an approved statewide ballot initiative that will implement a new tax to …

Opponents Of Arizona Prop 208 File Lawsuits To Halt Surtax

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal Two groups opposing Proposition 208, a measure passed by Arizona voters in November that adds a surtax on the state’s highest earners to fund education, filed lawsuits against the proposition on Nov. …

Republican State Lawmakers File Lawsuit Claiming Education Tax Measure Is Unconstitutional

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Andrew Oxford | Arizona Republic Several Republicans in the Arizona Legislature filed a lawsuit Monday claiming Proposition 208, the education tax measure recently approved by voters, is unconstitutional. The lawsuit argues only the Legislature can approve such a …

Judge And Businesswoman File Suit To Undo 208

Ann Siner, My Sister’s Closet CEO (above). (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the plaintiffs in this case.) By Rose Law Group Staff Reporter On Monday at 11 a.m. the 2020 November election was officially canvassed and the Governor proclaimed that Proposition 208 will become law. Small businesswoman, Ann Siner, who in 1991 founded and has grown My Sister’s Closet into …

All About Recreational Marijuana In Peoria, Feat. Insight From Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group Partner, Cannabis Dept. Director

By Philip Haldiman | Peoria Independent Now that recreational marijuana is poised to become legal in Arizona, Valley cities will begin amending their ordinances to become compliant with the new law. And Peoria is among the first to begin regulating how the new industry will look within the city. The Peoria City Council approved an ordinance, Nov. 10, prohibiting smoking …

Court Rich, Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Urges Johnson Utilities Sale ASAP As Judge Readies Recommendation

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents landowners and homebuilders working with the ACC to find a utility solution in the Johnson Utilities service area.) By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Florence Blade Tribune PHOENIX — An Arizona Corporation Commission administrative law judge will issue her recommendation on the sale of Johnson Utilities to EPCOR on Dec. 2. Representatives from EPCOR, Johnson Utilities, one …