Episodes

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 du...

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 Sp...

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 ex...

This week on IndyMatters, reporters Megan Messerly and Jacob Solis have an update on the coronavirus. Then reporter Michelle Rindels talks with Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno about the special session and her time as a former corrections officer. After that reporter Riley Synder and host Joey Lovato talk about the second special session and how it ended.

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Michelle Rindels and I talk with Tyler Klimas, the Executive Director of the Cannabis Compliance Board, about the board’s role in the industry in Nevada. After that reporter and producer Jacob Solis talks with Indytern Kristyn Leonard about utilities in the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, how companies are responding and how consumers are protected. At the end of the show, host Joey Lovato and editor Jon Ralston talk about a few shows they’ve been w...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter and producer Jacob Solis and reporter Megan Messerly give us an update on the coronavirus in Nevada. Then, reporters Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels talk about what came out of the special session and break down the budget cuts that happened. Then host Joey Lovato and reporter Jackie Valley talk education as students, teachers, parents, and faculty look to how students will go back to school come August. At the end of the show Joey talks with Indytern Tabitha...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter and producer Jacob Solis gets an update on the coronavirus from The Indy’s healthcare reporter Megan Messerly. Then host Joey Lovato talks with reporter Riley Snyder and editor Jon Ralston about what’s been going on at the special session in Carson City. At the end of the show reporter Michelle Rindels and Joey talk with Nevada’s treasurer Zach Conine about a new grant program to help residents and businesses with rent as the eviction moratorium comes to an end...

This week on IndyMatters, host Joey Lovato talks with reporter Daniel Rothberg about his groundbreaking story on the Anaconda copper mine, how the clean up efforts moved from federal EPA jurisdiction to state jurisdiction and what that means for the cleanup. After that producer and reporter Jacob Solis and editor Jon Ralston talk with Rep. Susie Lee about PPP loans and how her husband’s company benefited from them. At the end of the show Joey gets a COVID data update from reporter Megan Messerly...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Riley Snyder and editor Jon Ralston talk with producer Jacob Solis about the expected upcoming special session of the Legislature — from how the legislative building is being prepared for a socially-distance session, as well as what to expect from the session itself. After that, reporter Michelle Rindels talks with Phyllis Gurgevich, the President and CEO of the Nevada Bankers Association, about mortgage forbearance during the coronavirus-triggered recession. A...

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 recent Supreme Court decision blocking the Trump administration's efforts to end the DACA program. At the end of the show, produc...

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 to at the polls. At the end of the show, host Joey Lovato talks with Jon and Elizabeth about the new movie Bad Education.

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 it difficult to prosecute police misconduct.

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 election, and Jon gives a little advice to voters. At the end of the show host Joey Lovato talks with our new Indytern Savanna Strott.

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 reporter Riley Snyder talk a food tip that Riley has learned.

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 show, reporter Megan Messerly and editor Jon Ralston face off in the great emoji debate! To use or not to use, that is the question...

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 of the episode, Jacob and editor Jon Ralston finish talking about Oscar nominees from the past.

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 small business relief to small gaming operators in the state. At the end of the episode, reporter and producer Jacob Solis and editor J...

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 editors Jon Ralston and Elizabeth Thompson debate the best picture of 2019, Parasite.

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 smaller scale and zooms in on the state and how they’re impacting businesses. At the end of the show host Joey Lovato and Managing Editor Eli...

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 Joey talks with Tod Colegrove the director of the Carson City library about the interesting things librarians are doing while people can’t go to them, i...

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 the shutdown on nonessential businesses until the end of the month. After that Joey calls up Dr. Mark Pandori, the director of the Nevada State Health Lab, to talk ab...

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 about how people are dealing with COVID-19 and the stress surrounding it as well as being socially isolated. At the end of the episode host, Joey and r...

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 the Nevada Trucking Association to learn about all the logistics and efforts they’re making to keep the supply chain moving during the pandemic. At the end of the show Joey and Indytern Kr...