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"So taking away somebody's health insurance, or if somebody doesn't have health insurance, does not make their medical needs disappear, right?"
- Sharon Chamberlain, CEO, Northern Nevada Hopes, says the expansion of Medicaid over the last few years has saved the community a significant amount of dollars. She later explains if Medicaid is cut federally, qualified health centers throughout the country will have to reduce services and programming, which would have significant impacts. - Friday, April 4, 2025.
"But we have a system, I think, that's letting Nevadans down."
- Dr. Kristopher Sanchez, Director Nevada Department of Business and Industry, explains the reasons to reform boards and commissions, saying the system was designed a long time ago and hasn’t been improved. - Thursday, April 3, 2025.
"Tariffs are probably a poor economic tool to use at any point."
- Bryan Wachter, Senior Vice President, Retail Association of Nevada, says the lack of a long-term plan is problematic. He discusses the impact on food prices, explaining increased tariffs will lead to higher grocery produce prices and will affect consumer confidence. - Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
"They want to ensure that our elections are secured."
- Greg Hafen (R) Assembly Minority Leader says of his bill, AB148, which would require the DMV to issue voter ID cards. He says 73 percent of Nevadans want voter ID, and he wants to get this into statute now “because it will pass on the next ballot in 2026.” - Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
"Ultimately, I think that we should just let our kids play, and I think that this is just causing a distraction from the real issues every day Nevadans are facing."
- Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett District 3 says of AB240, a bill that would prohibit biological males from competing in women’s sports. She earlier says it’s disappointing to see our state resources allocated towards this political effort, adding the Lieutenant Governor should be working on small business advocacy, instead of “creating political rallies for their campaign for their next big office.” - Friday, March 28, 2025.
"The rurals, especially the ultra rurals, are really having a hard time keeping their volunteer firefighters."
- Assemblyman Greg Koenig, District 38, says of his bill AB313 which would allow volunteer firefighters to get a break on their vehicle registration. He explains anything we can do to make them feel appreciated and increase numbers, “we’ll work on that.” - Thursday, March 27, 2025.
"That's why it's important to ensure that language access is afforded to everyone, regardless of who you are, where you come from."
- State Senator Fabian Donate, Deputy Majority Whip, says that while we have a national rhetoric of designating English as a national language, it doesn’t help individuals who speak a different language at home. He explains when we look at bilingual education, healthcare, government services or voter access, it’s not about what language takes precedence over another, rather it’s about ensuring citizens of the state have the rightful resources to participate. - Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
"At any time, we have 300 plus different projects happening at DRI."
- Kumud Acharya, President, Desert Research Institute, explains their scientists collect data in all continents to conduct research on projects ranging from studying wildfires and ice cores, to water, sanitation and hygiene. - Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
"It allowed that knowledge to be there."
- James Wadhams, Partner, Black and Wadhams, Attorneys at Law, discusses the impact of term limits on institutional knowledge at the legislature. With having so many new legislators every session, he explains the education process of understanding the breadth of the issues they’re looking at is a significant challenge. - Friday, March 21, 2025.
"I think now the hard work is going to begin as to what can actually be cut without it impacting the citizens too much in Nevada."
- Liz MacMenamin, Vice President, Government Affairs, Retail Association of Nevada, discusses how the potential Medicaid cuts could impact the state’s budget. She explains the “powers that be are looking at some of the programs that can be cut that are not essential to the health and welfare of the citizens in Nevada, but that’s what they’re going to have to do.” - Thursday, March 20, 2025.
"The total price tag that we estimate is upwards of $90 million."
- Adam Young, School Superintendent, White Pine County School District, says this would be the cost of replacing White Pine Middle School and the David E Norman campus. He explains AB224 would use state-level bonding funds to help with capital types of projects for rural school districts and school districts in need of funding. - Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
"We are all experiencing our revenues not meeting our expenses."
- Alexis Hill, Chair, Washoe County Commission explains Washoe County and Reno are facing revenue shortfalls due to increased expenses for PERS and employee salaries, which are outpacing revenue growth. She highlights the issue of property tax depreciation and the need for additional revenue sources. - Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
"It's an attempt to sort of gather up the hens in the chicken yard, if you will, and we're being caught up in that net."
- Marc Chapelle, Practicing Landscape Architect, discusses SB78 which would consolidate various boards that the governor and his office oversees. He explains while their board takes no position on this bill, their professional society has chosen to have their voice heard at the table. - Friday, March 14, 2025.
"I think we can have the confidence for the legislature to get that implemented."
- Kyle Roerink, Executive Director, Great Basin Water Network, discusses two bills that would solidify a water rights buyback program in the state. - Thursday, March 13, 2025.
"Now we need to make sure that it flows into the classroom."
- Dr. Robin Titus, State Senate Minority Leader (R), District 17, agrees it takes time to see the $2 billion invested into education from last session flow through the education system. She explains while we know the teacher pipeline bills and pay raises have helped, we need time to see how the money affects the outcomes for students. - Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
"That kind of cut would be devastating."
- Steve Yeager, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, says of the Congressional GOP’s proposed federal cuts to Medicaid, adding he thinks “this is a real thing.” - Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
