New tax a major concern for House Ways and Means Chair Bolick

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) Rep. Shawnna Bolick By Victoria Harker | Chamber Business News Maintaining Arizona’s reputation as a “go-to” state for businesses and expanding school choices for parents are top priorities for the new chair of the Arizona House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix) …

NAIOP’s legislative priorities for 2021

(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 The Arizona chapter of NAIOP’s priorities for the 2021 legislative session include supporting reform of the state’s citizen initiative process, which the group’s leadership said has allowed the Grand Canyon State to be “a testing ground …

New SBA grant program to provide relief to live venues, museums, movie theaters, promotors and talent reps

By Dan Gauthier | Rose Law Group Reporter This group of businesses and individuals severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic receive special attention in the new COVID-19 relief act: live venue operators and promotors, theatrical producers, live performing arts organization operators, museum operators, motion picture theater operators, and talent representatives (referred to as “shuttered venue operators” in the act). The second COVID-19 …

Judge Hears Arguments Over Whether To Nix Education Tax

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — The fate of a voter-approved tax on the rich to fund education could depend on whether a judge believes the money raised will be “grants” to school districts. The Invest in Ed group that backed …

Can Arizona Offset Negative Impact Of High Tax 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 Victoria Harker | Chamber Business News Arizona’s state Senate Finance Committee met last week to discuss what the new tax law that resulted from passage of Proposition 208 last month will mean for the state’s economic future and …

Buttrick: Is The Arizona Constitution To Be Taken Seriously Or For Granted?

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) By John Buttrick | Paradise Valley Independent As an attorney and retired judge I have always considered the Arizona Constitution to be the highest law of the state, not a set of guidelines. That’s why I am a plaintiff, …

Wall Street Journal Opines Favorably On Rose Law Group, Ann Siner And Judge Buttrick Lawsuit To Overturn 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 Wall Street Journal Editorial Board The outcome of the presidential race isn’t the only election result being contested in Arizona, and the other has even greater consequences for the law. Last week two lawsuits were filed against Proposition 208, the ballot initiative that …