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Noah Glick: All right, so let s get back into Carson City here. What s been going on at the Legislature?
Paul Boger: It has been a busy couple of weeks, and let s just go ahead and talk about yesterday because apparently all the things had to happen yesterday.
First off, the death penalty ban that we talked about before, that is officially dead. . That s because Governor Sisolak essentially put the kibosh on it yesterday. It appears that negotiations were going nowhere, and that s because you had progressives who wanted to abolish the death penalty in total [and] you had prosecutors who wanted to keep it intact. So apparently, negotiations were going nowhere, and the bill is dead. That s kind of one of the bigger news items.
KUNR, Partner Organizations Win Three Regional Murrow Awards
The Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards are decided by judges for the Radio Television Digital News Association. The contest honors “outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism” according to the RTDNA website. Here are the categories KUNR and partner organizations won in the small market radio division for work aired and published in 2020:
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for bilingual pandemic coverage produced by KUNR,
This Is Reno. Contributors include Andrew Mendez, Stephanie Serrano, Natalie Van Hoozer and Lesly Virgen-Mariscal. Jenny Manrique served as a bilingual translator and editor. Tatiana Ramirez provided event support. Crystal Willis served as digital editor. Michelle Billman and Claudia Cruz served as managing editors.
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Listen as KUNR “Morning Edition” host Noah Glick checks in with political editor Paul Boger on Friday, Apr. 30.
Noah Glick: Well, let’s talk about innovation zones. You know, that’s been a topic that we’ve been talking about quite a bit. So earlier this week, Governor Sisolak and Democratic leaders in the legislature announced they will study the measure over the next couple of years. What happened there?
Paul Boger: All right, so let’s recap, shall we? Innovation zones are this proposal that Governor Steve Sisolak mentioned in his State of the State in January. We didn’t get a whole lot of information at that time, but as the session began and a few weeks in, we did see the language of the bill for the innovation zones. . [That bill] would have given tech companies the ability to essentially buy large parcels of land and form their own county governments.
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NOAH GLICK: I want to start with water. Projections out this month show that levels in the Colorado River are low, which means Lake Mead is going to be low, and that could even impact the ability to produce electricity at the Hoover Dam. So, how’s our water looking right now after two years of dry winters?
STEPH MCAFEE: Well, you’re very right. After two years of dry winters, most of our reservoirs are looking low and streamflow is probably going to be low as well. Of course, the studies coming out about Lake Mead levels have been showing for a couple of months now that the lake level is probably going to drop to 1,075 [feet] at some point this summer. And of course, 1,075 [feet] an important elevation for Lake Mead, because that starts to kick in shortages - not immediately, but down the line.