Risa Lombardo Archives - Arizona Globe

Arizona Morning Briefing 9-15: Lombardo Countersues, Deepfakes in Scottsdale Election, a “Theme Park District” in Mesa, and More

September 15, 2026 8:54 amSeptember 16, 2026 9:07 am

The Supreme Court denied the Trump Administration’s new mail-in ballot rules yesterday, concluding that the federal government’s claim was unlikely to succeed. Justice Brett Kavanaugh specifically said there wasn’t enough time to implement the rule for 2026. This has cleared...

Arizona Morning Briefing 9-2: Sunshine Scope Widens, Lombardo Campaign Finance Plot Thickens, Park Officials Try to Figure Out What Went Wrong In the Canyon, and more

September 2, 2026 8:10 amSeptember 3, 2026 8:13 am

Arizona Globe goes on a brief side quest to visit the set of Jeopardy! in Los Angeles, and news just breaks out all over. Here’s a brief rundown of the stories we’ll be following this week and beyond. As Lloyd...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 8-28: Mayes Targets Flock, Clean Elections Gains Subpoena Power in Lombardo Case, and Gilbert Must Elect a School Board Member

August 28, 2026 8:43 amAugust 28, 2026 9:56 am

We all survived another week. Well, not all of us, RIP beloved celebrity icons. But most of us did. Here’s the Arizona news we’re following as we transition into the last slow-news days of summer. •Following this week’s spate of...

Lombardo, Collier, Neely Face $4.7M in Clean Elections Repayments Over Questionable $5 Donations

August 26, 2026 4:02 pmSeptember 2, 2026 9:33 am

Where were all the $5 bills? Clean Elections Commission executive director Thomas Collins is calling on Green Party gubernatorial candidate Risa Lombardo and two other candidates to repay $4.7 million in public Clean Election Funds because of allegedly improper qualifying...

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...