IndyMatters

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Megan Messerly has a COVID-19 update for the listeners, and then reporter and producer Jacob Solis has a breakdown of ballot question 1, which tackles the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents and their place in the Constitution. After that, reporter Michelle Rindels talks with former federal public defender Franny Forsman about a shortage of attorneys in rural Nevada for people who can’t afford a lawyer. At the end of the show we have part of a discussion between The Indy’s DC correspondent Humberto Sanchez and host Joey Lovato from our new Facebook live series, which is something we’ll be doing regularly on a variety of topics.

This week on IndyMatters, intern Tabitha Mueller has a feature story about what is happening in Douglas County with the library and Black Lives Matter protests. After that, reporter and producer Jacob Solis interviews the new Nevada System of Higher Education chancellor Melody Rose about how higher education is dealing with the pandemic and what her plans are moving forward. At the end of the show Tabitha joins us again to talk with Black Rabbit Meadery about how they are weathering the storm during the pandemic as the governor's orders for bars to remain closed continues. 

Timestamps

Intro and COVID-19 update- 0:00

What’s happening in Douglas County - 2:40

Melody Rose, new NSHE chancellor - 9:40

Black Rabbit Mead - 27:10

Outro - 37:30

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Megan Messerly has another coronavirus update. After that, host Joey Lovato and reporter Riley Snyder dig into mail-in voting in Nevada, including what's changed ahead of the November election and why it's become a partisan fight. After that, reporter Michelle Rindels and associate editor Luz Gray talk with Filipe Silva, a Housing Justice Organizer with Make the Road Nevada about the end of the eviction moratorium come September 1.

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Megan Messerly has another coronavirus update. After that, assistant editor and reporter Michelle Rindels has a story on the state's new unemployment task force. She talked this week with the new head of that task force, former Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, and Will Cannon, a personal trainer who has been out of work and waiting for unemployment for over 20 weeks. After that, host Joey Lovato and reporter Jackie Valley talk with Will Harper, a teacher at Spanish Springs High school, and Jeni Martinez, a fifth- grade teacher at Donner Springs Elementary, as they go back to school this week. At the end of the show, intern Tabitha Mueller talks with Kyle Howell of Reno-based Recycled Records about business during the pandemic.

Timestamps

Intro - 0:00

COVID-19 update - 0:56

Governor’s unemployment task force - 9:33

Washoe County back to school - 16:40

Recycled records - 34:38

Outro - 40:30

This week on IndyMatters, reporters Megan Messerly and Jacob Solis have an update on the coronavirus. Then Jacob has a story on the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting that took a dramatic turn when discussing Title IX. After that host Joey Lovato talks with reporter Jazmin Orozco-Rodriguez about her story on immigrants whose documents went missing and what happened to them. At the end of the episode Joey talks with editors Jon Ralston and Elizabeth Thompson who have an exciting announcement!