Getting it done: Arizona legislators give policy update on water, transportation, education and more at Pinal Partnership breakfast

By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter CASA GRANDE, Ariz. —  With Arizona’s budget deadline arriving in less than 30 days, Arizona lawmakers are deep in the weeds of tackling the state’s most urgent challenges: water, power, transportation, education and healthcare. Moderated by Jordan Rose, Founder and President of Rose Law Group, the Pinal Partnership Breakfast panel featured a …

Pinal officials, Rose Law Group applaud signing of ‘ag-to-urban’ bill

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents property owners in advocacy of this bill.) Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group who represents hundreds of property owners in the Pinal County area, tells RLGR: “This is one of the biggest things to happen in water since 1980 and we were honored to be involved.” By Bob Christie | Capitol Media Services Legislation designed to …

Governor Katie Hobbs brokers deal for historic, bipartisan water conservation legislation

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents property owners in advocacy of this bill.) From the Office of Governor Katie Hobbs The “Ag-to-Urban” program is projected to conserve nearly 10 million acre-feet over its lifetime and facilitate the development of tens of thousands of new homes Phoenix, AZ – Today, Governor Hobbs announced the signing of Senate Bill 1611: Arizona’s “Ag-to-Urban” Groundwater Conservation …

Governor Hobbs signs important groundwater legislation benefiting Pinal AMA

HB 2753 strengthens long-term growth and water certainty for Pinal County  (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Pinal Partnership in this issue.) Pinal County, AZ – May 28, 2025 – In a major win for the future of responsible growth in Pinal County, Governor Katie Hobbs signed HB 2753 into law, a critical groundwater bill long supported by members of Pinal Partnership. The bipartisan …

Pinal County Water Future: Challenges, solutions, and the road ahead

By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter PINAL COUNTY— Against the backdrop of a rare rainy morning in Arizona, water experts gathered Friday to discuss the future of water resources in Pinal County. The panel, hosted by Pinal Partnership, brought together key figures in the region’s water management sector to address the challenges and opportunities shaping Arizona’s water landscape. Moderated …

Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin allocates board funding to Mesa splash pad improvements

Phoenix, Ariz. (October 23, 2024) – Led by Vice Chairman Thomas Galvin, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has voted in favor of investing $108,000 of Community Solutions Funding into splash pad improvements at A New Leaf’s La Mesita Apartments for low-income individuals and families. La Mesita houses approximately 500 individuals each year who are struggling with housing insecurity, and nearly half are children and youth. “A New Leaf is a fantastic nonprofit …

ADWR proposes new method to provide water security for homes

The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is creating a new method for securing a 100-year assured water supply for new subdivisions. To build a new subdivision in Arizona, and even to sell a single home in that subdivision, a landowner or water provider must demonstrate that water can be provided to those homes for 100 years. Initially passed in the …

Mines say they’re striving to reduce need for groundwater

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Arizona Sonoran Copper Company and Resolution Copper.) By Pinal Central Arizona has long been proud of its copper, although mines claim a hefty share of precious groundwater. A study conducted for the San Carlos Apache Tribe three years ago estimated Resolution Copper next to Superior will use 250 billion gallons of water over the course of the …

Arizona measure that would speed conversion of thirsty farms to subdivisions is a ‘win-win’ all around, says Rose Law Group Water Law Department Chair David Johnson, who represents private developers and farmers on water issues

By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star Arizona officials often boast that total water use statewide hasn’t grown since the late 1950s, partly because many farms have been gobbled up by developers to build less thirsty subdivisions. Now, a hotly debated bill moving through the Legislature would accelerate the transfer of a farm’s water rights to new subdivisions. The bill …

David Johnson, chair of Rose Law Group’s water department, comments on: Arizona’s proposed framework for converting wastewater into purified drinking water

By Kate Duffy | Cronkite News, Phoenix Business Journal Recently, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water. “Advanced water purification has the potential to provide a reliable source of purified water that can alleviate water scarcity issues faced in much of Arizona,” said Randall Matas, deputy director of the …