Neal Pollack, Author at Arizona Globe

Arizona Morning Briefing, 8-21: Petersen Calls For Skydance Hearing, Hobbs Way Ahead In New Poll, No One Wants To Debate, and More

August 21, 2026 8:15 am

The dog days drag on, the Halloween decorations are already in the store, but November still feels like a faraway dream. Here are the stories we’re following as we hide in our air-conditioned bunker. •Late Thursday, Senate President Warren Petersen...

Krysten Sinema’s Scandalous August

August 20, 2026 8:39 amAugust 20, 2026 3:01 pm

Having missionary position sex with the lights on is “Boring!” texted then-Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema to her bodyguard and future lover Matthew Ammel in 2024. But the Sinema case, which the North Carolina legal system is currently batting around, has...

Arizona’s ESA Ballot War Ends In A Draw

August 19, 2026 11:10 amAugust 20, 2026 8:40 am

Propositions 145 and 212 are both effectively dead after court rulings yesterday. None of the big changes that Prop 212, the citizen initiative, proposed–a new $150,000 household-income cutoff for universal eligibility, testing requirements, and various purchasing restrictions for ESA programs–will...

Arizona Morning Roundup, 8-18

August 18, 2026 9:20 amAugust 20, 2026 8:39 am

Like shelter pets, sometimes we don’t adopt the stories, the stories adopt us. Here are some of the Arizona developments we’re following while eating our protein-enhanced granola: •The Protect Education Act is on life support this morning. After county validity...

Arizona Morning Roundup, 8-17

August 17, 2026 7:35 amAugust 18, 2026 12:25 pm

Now that you’ve done your morning hike, coffee, and protein-powder intake, it’s time to sit down for a couple of minutes with the Arizona Morning Briefing. Here’s the gorp we consumed over the weekend: •Prop. 212, the “Protect Education Act”...

Breaking: Clean Elections Commission To Release Heap Primary Funds

August 14, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 18, 2026 12:25 pm

The Clean Elections Commission released Republican Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap’s $147,836 primary-election grant on Friday while also finding reasonable cause to believe Heap violated Arizona campaign-finance rules, allowing the investigation to continue. Heap will receive another $221,754 for the general, for $369,590...

Arizona Morning Politics Briefing: Mendoza’s Property-Tax Credits, a Gubernatorial Spat Over Sales Tax, Ralph Heap In Another Heap of Trouble…And More

August 14, 2026 7:20 amAugust 18, 2026 12:26 pm

“Politics ain’t beanbag,” the late Chicago mayor Harold Washington once said, but sometimes it does feel a bit like beanbag, or like weasels in a sack fighting over a scrap of meat. Here are some of the dramas playing out...