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This week on IndyMatters, reporters Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels interview John Piro, a Clark County public defender who was arrested while working as a legal observer at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas. After that, reporter Jazmin Orozco-Rodriguez speaks with UNLV Immigration Clinic Director Michael Kagan and DACA recipient Nayelli Rico Lopez about the … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 142: Legal observers arrested; Supreme Court protects DACA"

This week on IndyMatters, editors Jon Ralston and Elizabeth Thomspon break down election night and some of the big races that have been called. As the state continues to count votes we will have more coverage for you. After that producer Jacob Solis talks with interns Savanna Strott and Tabitha Mueller about voters they talked … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 141: Primary election recap and the voters who braved the lines"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Michelle Rindels and host Joey Lovato talk with Republican Assemblyman Tom Roberts about police reform after he issued a call on Twitter for a special session on the matter. After that, Michelle and Joey talk with Boyd School of Law Professor Frank Rudy Cooper about his recent op-ed on how Supreme Court precedent makes … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 140: Assemblyman Tom Roberts and Professor Frank Rudy Cooper on police reform"

This week on IndyMatters, reporters Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels talk with Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford about housing and evictions in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. After that editors Jon Ralston and Elizabeth Thompson talk about The Indy’s new judicial tracker and elections page as well as what to expect in the coming … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 139: Attorney General on evictions and The Indy’s judicial tracker and election page"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Humberto Sanchez talks with congresswoman Dina Titus about what she’s doing in DC to help businesses back here in Nevada during the coronavirus pandemic. Later host Joey Lovato talks with intern Kristyn Leonard about her reporting on food insecurity in the state. At the end of the show, Joey and … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 138: Food insecurity and Rep. Titus on business relief amid coronavirus"

This week on IndyMatters, reporters Riley Snyder and Jackie Valley discuss their story on businesses reopening across the state last weekend. After that, reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks with reporter Daniel Rothberg about his story on dozens of WARN Act filings — and what that means for the state. At the end of the … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 137: Mass layoffs, reopening the state and the great emoji debate"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Humberto Sanchez talks with congresswoman Susie Lee about DC’s efforts to curb the economic impact that coronavirus is having on the nation. Later in the show reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks with reporter Michelle Rindels about how the state is handling the massive unemployment claim numbers. At the end … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 136: Susie Lee on small business bailout and debrief on the new DETR director"

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato debriefs reporter Michelle Rindels on the governor’s press conference Thursday night on how he plans to reopen the state. After that reporter Humberto Sanchez talks to another member of the congressional delegation, Mark Amodei, about his successful efforts to help reverse a Small Business Administration rule and direct … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 135: Sisolak’s reopening plan and Amodei on landing loans for gaming"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Humberto Sanchez talks with Representative Steven Horsford about how Nevada has fared in the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Later reporter and producer Jacob Solis debriefs reporter Megan Messerly and host Joey Lovato on where the state is at with testing for coronavirus. At the end of the show … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 134: Horsford and Testing"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Humberto Sanchez talks with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto about how the federal government has responded to the coronavirus as it relates to Nevada, like small business loans and paycheck protection loans. Later reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks with intern Kristyn Miller about the federal small business loans on a … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 133: Catherine Cortez Masto and small business loans"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Daniel Rothberg talks with Caleb Cage the former Chief of the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Advisor who is now serving as incident commander during the coronavirus outbreak. He talked about how prepared the state is for a pandemic and how data could inform decisions going forward. Later … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 132: Pandemic prep, libraries and something to pass the time"

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato and reporter Michelle Rindels talk about how COVID-19 is affecting the state from prisons to evictions to the sewers. They go over the broad impacts that have happened since the state shut down and talk about what the governor announced yesterday during a press conference where he extended … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 131: Evictions, prisons and tigers"

This week on IndyMatters, intern Tabitha Mueller talks with Rhea Gertken the directing attorney of the Reno office of Nevada Legal Service about how evictions and eviction proceedings will happen in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. After that intern, Jazmin Orozco-Rodriguez and host Joey Lovato talk to Dr. Frank Lemus a therapist in Nevada … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 130: Stress and Stress Management"

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato goes to the University of Nevada, Reno to interview Mark Pandori, the director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, one of the labs in charge of running the tests for COVID-19 in the state. Later Joey and reporter Michelle Rindels talk to Paul Enos the CEO of … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 129: Coronavirus update and trucking in the state"

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato chats with our Washington D.C. reporter Humberto Sanchez about the federal response to the novel coronavirus. They talk about the bills and measures that are being introduced, the measures that are being taken and the overall tone in the capital.  After that, reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 128: DC's reaction to coronavirus and tackling the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women"

For weeks, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have ticked up across the United States. That included confirmed cases in a ring of states around Nevada, including Oregon, California, Arizona and Utah. On Thursday, Nevada joined that list, confirming the first so-called “presumptive positive” test case, a Las Vegas man in his … Continue reading "Audio story: Coronavirus"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Jackie Valley talks with Drew Cohen, the co-owner of Writers Block, an independent bookstore in Las Vegas. They chat about literary trends and what people are reading at the start of 2020. After that intern, Shannon Miller talks with Ramon Savoy the former publisher/editor and reporter of the Las Vegas … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 127: Books and Newspapers"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter and producer Jacob Solis and Editor Jon Ralston give us a postmortem on the Nevada caucus. What went right, what went wrong and the future of the caucus here in the silver state. After that Jon sits down with Dr. Marc Harrison, the president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, a … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 126: Caucus postmortem and Intermountain Healthcare"

On Saturday, it finally happened: Nevada’s presidential caucus came and went, and it largely skirted past the vote-counting nightmare of the Iowa caucuses earlier this month.  But it wasn’t all smooth sailing, either — and with announcements, this week from Gov. Steve Sisolak and former Sen. Harry Reid that may spell doom for future caucuses, … Continue reading "Audio story: Voters weigh in on caucus day"

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Megan Messerly and producer Jacob Solis sit down to talk about the upcoming caucus, which will be held on Feb. 22. Later, host Joey Lovato and reporter Daniel Rothberg talk about how caucus math and delegate allocation works in the rural counties in Nevada. At the end of the show, … Continue reading "IndyMatters Episode 125: The impending caucus and trivia"