Carrie Kaufman talks to Sarah O'Connell and Jason Nious about the new Proucers Alliance of Southern Nevada. The Alliance - nicknamed PALs - is bringing performing arts groups together to advocate for their industry.

Segment of Clark County Social Services Director Tim Burch and Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine talking about the Housing Assistance Program set up with CARES Act funding. We then talk to Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada's Barbara Buckley about the upcoming Sept, 1 end to the COVID housing moratorium, and wider housing policy issues.

As a September 1st end to the housing moratorium looms, we talk about how people are going to pay their rents if they haven't gotten their unemployment yet. And small performing arts organizations are... well, organizing to make sure the state knows how important arts is to our economic recovery.

The second Nevada special legislative session of 2020 is over, and we look at the bills that were passed - and what we THINK they will do. That's the hallmark of this session. Nobody's sure what exactly happened.

Carrie Kaufman talks to election law specialist Daniel Stewart about the Trump campaign's lawsuit on mail ballots, with the Nevada Legislature approved last month.

This is a montage of Clark County School District Trustees deciding on July 21, 2020 on which school year length to use for distance learning: semester-based courses, full-year courses limited to six classes, full-year courses giving the principals description over having 6-8 classes. Note how many times Linda Cavazos and Linda Young said the word "principals."

Carrie Kaufman talks with Review Journal education reporter Aleksandra Appleton about the school board and funding issues during COVID19. Then, we walk through the communication issues at last week's school board meeting. And, we check in with a couple of Republican lawmakers on the almost-but-not-to-be mining tax. Senator Keith Pickard became the subject of attacks for changing his mind on the tax. He explains why.

Carrie Kaufman talks with Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton and Senator Yvanna Cancela about the Democrats' attempt to lower deductions for the mining tax. And she talks with Clark County School District Trustee Danielle Ford and teacher Sarah Comroe about their alternative reopening plan.

What a year this week was. TWO Clark County School Board meetings about a reopening plan. The start of the legislative special session. Gov. Sisolak re-establishing some phase 1 COVID protocols. We explore it all on IMPACT.

We start our weekly broadcast with a talk with Southern Nevada Health District's Fermin LeGuen about what the numbers really look like in Nevada. Then we talk to Norma Ramirez. She was part of the June 18 Supreme Court decision letting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - or DACA - program stand. For now.