KNPR's State of Nevada
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KNPR's State of Nevada is the essential public affairs broadcast to understand what's happening here. Newsmakers and experts give context to local issues; interviews explore the unique character — and characters — of our region. KNPR's State of Nevada is a daily conversation about this place we call home.
Latest Episodes
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Advocates call Las Vegas a human trafficking “hotspot.” Earlier this year, the World Population Report ranked Nevada second in the nation for human trafficking incidents per capita. -
Tourism is the state’s bread and butter, but the latest numbers from Harry Reid International Airport could be cause for concern. -
The northern Nevada town of Owyhee is on the Duck Valley Reservation in Elko County. It has one combined school that’s 70 years old and in deep disrepair, as it sits on contaminated land. -
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? -
Nevada is one of the sunniest states in the country and Las Vegas has just four fewer days of sunshine than Phoenix, on average. -
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. -
It’s rare to hear of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest. But it happens. The CDC says roughly 2,000 young people under 25 die of sudden cardiac arrest each year. -
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. -
There have been more than several AI-related bills introduced in the Nevada Legislature. We talk about what they are, what they entail, and how they could affect Nevada, as well as the conflict and balance between innovation and regulation for AI. -
Spring is a busy time for the arts, especially as theater companies and universities pack their calendars before the usual May season ending. But it’s also a prolific time for the literary world, where not only events but book releases abound.