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 update on the COVID-19 pandemic and status of vaccines.

0:00 - Intro

0:55 - Legislative Update

11:00 - DC Update

21:45 - Covid Update

32:28 - Outro/Credits

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 Orientation

33:05 - Outro/Credits

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 federal prosecutor. At the end of the show, health care reporter Megan Messerly gives us the latest data on the coronavirus pandemic in Nevada.

0:00 - Intro

0:52 - Homeless camp cleanups in Nevada

20:15 - Nick Trutanich, departing U.S. attorney for Nevada

31:40 - COVID-19 update

37:40 - Outro/Credits

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 Orentlicher (D-Las Vegas). At the end of the show, health care reporter Megan Messerly gives us the latest data on the coronavirus.

0:00 - Intro

0:45 - Mental health CARES Act funding

11:30 - Freshman Orientation

26:35 - COVID-19 update

32:43 - Outro/Credits