Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck

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Season 3 of Purple Politics Nevada follows state politics and the 2025 legislative session in Carson City. Each month, Lucia will speak with elected officials, policymakers seeking change, and everyday Nevadans about the issues that matter most and how new laws affect their lives.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Nevada lawmakers outline new education, health care, housing, and environmental bills

    With the Nevada legislative session around the corner, Purple Politics Nevada host Lucia Starbuck spoke with lawmakers to understand their education, healthcare, housing, and environmental bills.

    27 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    How are state legislatures computing with AI?

    This episode of Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck examines how state legislatures are addressing AI, including in health care, elections, and child pornography.

    27 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Purple Politics Nevada Live: What’s next for healthcare and housing in Nevada?

    At the latest Purple Politics Nevada live event, Lucia Starbuck hosted a candid discussion between Nevada lawmakers Senator Robin Titus and Assemblymember Erica Roth. Topics included looming federal Medicaid cuts, healthcare access in rural and urban areas, the controversial film tax credit proposal, housing affordability, tariffs, and insurance availability.

    27 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    What could Medicaid cuts mean for tribal and rural Nevada?

    Congress is considering cutting $880 billion from Medicaid. April’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada explores how that could impact tribal and rural health care.

    27 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Nevada AG answers your questions on price fixing, immigration, and due process

    May’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada with host Lucia Starbuck features Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who talks about his price-fixing legislation and the lawsuits he filed to challenge President Donald Trump.

    27 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Nevada legislative session ends: Gun bill vetoes, property tax reform dies, federal cuts loom

    June’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada features political reporters Lucia Starbuck and Paul Boger discussing what survived and failed from the 2025 legislative session.

    27 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Should Nevada’s legislature go full-time?

    July’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada, hosted by KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck, focuses on the pros and cons of the state’s part-time citizen legislature.

    27 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Federal cuts leave rural Nevada farmers and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in the cold

    August’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck focuses on how federal cuts are impacting farmers, tribes, and food banks.

    27 min

  9. EPISODE 9

    Nevada wants to help workers save for retirement

    Listen to September’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada to learn more about the state’s new retirement savings program for private-sector employees.

    28 min

  10. EPISODE 10

    KUNR and KNPR showcase collaborative housing series

    Tune in to this month’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada to hear KUNR and KNPR reporters speak about their stories for the housing series “Does Home Mean Nevada.”

    58 min

  11. EPISODE 11

    Lights, camera, no action on film tax breaks in Nevada

    The Nevada legislature failed to secure the votes needed to expand film tax breaks. Why and where do we go from here? Find out during KUNR’s Purple Politics Nevada, hosted by Lucia Starbuck.

    27 min
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Season 3 of Purple Politics Nevada follows state politics and the 2025 legislative session in Carson City. Each month, Lucia will speak with elected officials, policymakers seeking change, and everyday Nevadans about the issues that matter most and how new laws affect their lives.

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