Neal Pollack, Author at Arizona Globe

Arizona Morning Briefing, 8-26: Clean Elections To Initiate Clawback Against Green Party Candidates, Shope Challenges Mayes, Hobbs and Biggs Tussle Over Jan. 6

August 26, 2026 9:22 amAugust 26, 2026 4:03 pm

The news dam broke yesterday, and it was every story, everywhere, all at once. Here’s what Arizona Globe is following, and probably following up on, today: •After an Arizona Mirror story where a half-dozen Arizona residents say that Green Party...

Pima County Raises Water Concerns as Copper World Mine Advances

August 25, 2026 1:04 pmAugust 25, 2026 1:33 pm

Pima County is renewing scrutiny of the massive Copper World mining project southeast of Tucson. A memorandum sent Monday to the Pima County Board of Supervisors details potential water impacts east of the Santa Rita Mountains, including previously observed increases...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 8-24: Mayes Clears Hobbs in Sunshine Case, Shah Lands Police Endorsement, Prescott Valley Mayor’s Saloon Showdown, and More

August 24, 2026 8:09 amAugust 26, 2026 9:23 am

Labor Day still isn’t here, so we’re still wearing white. And we wear shorts pretty much year-round. Maybe the old rules don’t apply anymore. They certainly don’t seem to apply to Governor Hobbs. •The big state news is that Attorney...

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 amAugust 26, 2026 9:23 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 26, 2026 4:05 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...