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 Menendez. At the end of the show, Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson joins Michelle and Reporter Riley Snyder to talk about how the legislative session went on the topics of mining taxes, police reform, election changes and more.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Flashback Part 3

15:00 - Decriminalizing Traffic Tickets

23:50 - Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson

29:20 - Outro/Credits

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 Nevada for students who struggle to afford them. At the end of the show, Reporter Humberto Sanchez discusses efforts in Congress to pass an infrastructure bill and more in the D.C. Debrief.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Flashback Part 2

14:00 - Period Poverty

23:30 - D.C. Debrief

31:30 - Outro/Credits

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 about vaccines as the state reopens, the 70 percent vaccinated goal set by the Biden administration and vaccination rates in the rurals.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Flashback Part 1

13:30 - Ralston on the Legislature pt.2

23:00 - Vaccine Rollout as the state reopens

30:00 - Outro/Credits

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, possible special sessions and more. At the end of the show, Host Joey Lovato talks with Editor Jon Ralston about the biggest things to come out of the session and how this one was different from the many others Ralston has covered.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - 2021 National Teacher of the Year

10:45 - Legislative recap with Riley and Michelle

21:50 - Legislative recap with Jon Ralston

34:30 - Outro/Credits

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 last March. Then, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels and Reporter Riley Snyder talk about the state budget as we approach the final days of the 120-day legislative session. At the end of the episode, we have a short clip from Third House! The comedy show put on by the press corps at the end of every legislative session.

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Pine nut blessing ceremony

8:25 - Studying abroad during a pandemic

14:10 - Legislative update

25:30 - Third House

27:50 - Outro/Credits