Joe Schoenmann
Host/Senior ProducerJoe Schoenmann joined Nevada Public Radio in 2014. He works with a talented team of producers at State of Nevada who explore the casino industry, sports, politics, public health and everything in between.
Prior to joining KNPR, he worked in newspapers and magazines in Wisconsin, then in Nevada at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Life magazine. He’s won awards for investigative reporting, feature writing and deadline reporting, and has written a little-known book looking at a Vegas hitman and his son through the eyes of the son’s mother.
A Midwest native, Joe graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a stint as a janitor, he turned to journalism. A Las Vegas resident since 1997, he spends his free time with friends, writing unproduced scripts, and observing life’s rich pageant.
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In a world filled with tariffs, rising and falling stocks, and overall economic uncertainty, what's the best way to stay financially on track? -
As lawmakers in Washington D.C., look to reduce a $36 trillion national debt, how could Nevada’s mental health care services be affected? -
After weeks of tariff changes, and the resulting market dips, Americans are terrified of looking at their 401ks, prices are fluctuating for just about everything and consumer confidence hasn't been this low since the pandemic. -
How are you feeling about everything happening to us these days? The politics of Washington, D.C., and the effects already being felt in Nevada, with more to be expected? -
Flanked by different law enforcement officials, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo recently introduced a crime bill, eight weeks from the end of the 2025 legislative session. -
In another example of how Nevada needs to catch up to the rest of the country, there’s a little-known law that lets nearly anyone sell the home of a deceased person who doesn’t leave behind a will. -
In less than a week, you have to file returns with the IRS. About two-thirds of tax filers will get a refund, and, of course, some will pay more. -
Nevada’s lawmakers have two months left to carve out a budget. In doing so, what new laws will they create? What do you want them to do? -
Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease that has touched millions of lives in this country. One in nine people over 65 have Alzheimer's — almost 7 million people. -
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, people still talk about it. There are pre-pandemic and "post-pandemic" conditions, especially when it comes to social, economic, and political changes.
