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This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Megan Messerly discusses the Delta variant of COVID-19 and also talks with several Nevada experts on the subject. After that, Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks about how the drought is affecting the Colorado River and what that means for water supply in Nevada. At the end of the show, Intern Zach Bright comes on the show to talk about Reno’s new plan to track carbon...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato are back with the final installment of our three-part series “Flashback,” which explores the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels reports on the implications of decriminalizing traffic tickets and speaks with Leisa Moseley of the Fines and Fees Justice Center and attorney Martha Menend...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato are back with the second installment of our three-part series “Flashback,” which explores the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then, Joey and Reporter Tabitha Mueller interview Samantha Glover, a 16-year-old from Reno who helped write and pass a bill that would provide free menstrual products in school bathrooms in Nevad...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato present, Flashback,  part one of three on the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then Editor Jon Ralston continues his breakdown on the 2021 legislative session from last week, talking about the freshman class, one legislative leader who will be retiring and more. At the end of the show, Reporter Megan Messerly talks...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez sits down with the 2021 National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey, who teaches special education in Clark County. After that, Reporter/Producer Jacob Solis talks with Legislative Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about the end of the 2021 legislative session, mining taxes, changes to how elections will be run,...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez talks with tribal members who were finally able to gather and bless the pine nut harvest for the first time since the pandemic started. After that, Host Joey Lovato talks with Alyssa Nota, the CEO and president of the University Studies Abroad Consortium, and a student, Tyler Moye, who was studying abroad in China when the pandemic hit las...

This week on IndyMatters, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talks with State Treasurer Zach Conine about fine-tuning a backlogged rental assistance program. Then, Environmental Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks about what’s ahead for wildfire season with Host Joey Lovato. After that, Producer Jacob Solis talks with Legislative Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about what’s i...

This week, Environmental Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks with the Desert Research Institute’s Dr. Monica Arienzo about the effects that disintegrated plastics have on the environment. Then, Host Joey Lovato talks with Education Reporter Jackie Valley and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about the state of play for school funding in Nevada, which hasn’t been changed in over 50 years. At the end of...

This week, Intern Jannelle Calderón speaks with laid-off hospitality workers who are pushing for a controversial bill that would guarantee them the right to return to their old jobs as the state reopens. Then, Intern Sean Golonka talks with Host Joey Lovato about how inmate families are reacting as prisons reopen to family visits for the first time in more than a year. At the end of the show, Repo...

This week, Producer and Reporter Jacob Solis talks with UNLV President Keith Whitfield about his first academic year on the job, and how he plans on handling everything from COVID to the budget to increasing diversity among faculty After that, Host Joey Lovato talks with Reporter Jackie Valley and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about people coming back to work, DETR’s reinstated policy that une...

This week, host Joey Lovato talks with UNLV Professor Tyler D. Parry about the Derek Chauvin verdict and policing reform in Nevada. After that, Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talk about what bills lived and died at the Legislature this week after deadline day. At the end of the show, reporter Humberto Sanchez discusses the bid for D.C. statehood, a Republican counterof...

Our thee-part arts series “The Callback” wraps up this week. Joey and Sean talk to Tsvetelina Stefanova, Shoshana Zeldner and Angelique Janowski about film festivals, music festivals, live events, time to reflect on art during the pandemic, coming back to work, unemployment for artists and the creative process amid major challenges. Later in the show, host Joey Lovato and Editor Jon Ralston talk a...

Performing arts venues have been shuttered for over a year and reopening is not as simple as just lifting capacity limits. In our second installment of “The Callback,” host Joey Lovato and intern Sean Golonka talk with Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center in Las Vegas, and Dennyse Sewell, managing director at the Pioneer Center in Reno, about being closed for over a year now. After...

This week on IndyMatters, we have the first of our three-part arts series “The Callback,” where intern Sean Golonka and host Joey Lovato explore how the pandemic has affected the creative community and how they are coming out of it. After that, we hear from Republican Assemblyman Greg Hafen and Indy columnist David Colborne on a bill to restrict social media platforms from banning users. At the en...

This week on IndyMatters, we have a segment on Blockchains LLC, the tech company looking to build a smart city if the proposed “Innovation Zone” legislation passes. After that, we hear from assistant editor Michelle Rindels and legislative reporter Riley Snyder on the goings-on in Carson City including updates on major bills and what new bills were recently introduced. At the end of the show, DC r...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talk with Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson about his prostate cancer diagnosis and his quest to raise awareness about the important men’s health issue. Later, we have highlights from our IndyTalks panel on mining taxes, featuring former Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Lorne Malkiewich, longtime mining lobbyist...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Riley Snyder gives an update on what’s going on in Carson City as the Legislature wraps up its sixth week and is about a third of the way through the 81st session. Later we hear from our man in DC, Humberto Sanchez, who tells us about the massive spending bill that will be sending Nevada around $4 billion in relief. At the end of the show Megan Messerly has an up...

In this special edition of IndyMatters reporter Daniel Rothberg and multimedia editor Joey Lovato talk with Blockchains LLC CEO Jeff Berns in this exclusive interview. They go over everything from what the company does to what its plans are for the future of the 67,000 acres it owns in Storey County.

This week on IndyMatters, reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks to our health care reporter Megan Messerly on the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 arriving in Nevada. Then in another installment of Freshman Orientation, The Indy gets to know freshmen Assembly members Cameron C.H. Miller (D-North Las Vegas) and Andy Matthews (R-Las Vegas). 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - COVID Retrospective 20:15 - Freshman...

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato and reporter Tabitha Mueller talk with several legal experts and an Idaho reporter about a circuit court case that has major implications for homeless encampment cleanups that have been going on in Nevada. Later, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talks with Nick Trutanich, the departing U.S. attorney in Nevada, about his two-year tenure as the state’s top...

This week on IndyMatters, intern Sean Golonka talks with host Joey Lovato about the CARES Act funding going towards mental health efforts in the state and then talks with someone who has been taking advantage of the free mental health services offered by the City of Reno. Then we introduce you to two more freshman legislators: Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas) and Assemblyman David Orentlic...

This week on IndyMatters, producer and reporter Jacob Solis breaks down what’s behind a proposal from Gov. Steve Sisolak that seeks to transition the state’s community colleges to their own independent framework. After that, we meet Assemblywoman Tracy Brown-May (D-Clark) and state Senator Fabian Doñate (D-Clark), two new members of the Legislature who were sworn in after the session got started....

This week on IndyMatters, we’ve got some clips from inside the Legislature as week one wraps up. There’s a lot to do this session as the state attempts to curb the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and we’ve got reporters on the ground in Carson City to break it all down. After that, we meet Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola (D-Henderson) and Assemblywoman Clara (Claire) Thomas (D-North Las...

This week on IndyMatters, health care reporter Megan Messerly answers reader-submitted questions about the vaccine rollout in Nevada. After that, capital reporter Riley Snyder gives us a preview of the 2021 legislative session and shares some highlights from our recent IndyTalks conversation with legislative leaders. At the end of the show, we meet two more new members of the Nevada Legislature — ...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Riley Snyder and assistant editor Michelle Rindels break down Governor Steve Sisolak’s State of the State address, and walk through some of Sisolak's legislative goals heading into the 2021 legislative session. After that, host Joey Lovato and reporter Tabitha Mueller interview freshman assemblywomen Shondra Summers-Armstrong and Venicia Considine as part of our...