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It's getting more expensive to live in Nevada. Can the folks on your November ballot help?

FILE - In this April 21, 2016 file photo, houses line streets near the edge of the Las Vegas valley in Las Vegas.
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FILE - In this April 21, 2016 file photo, houses line streets near the edge of the Las Vegas valley in Las Vegas.

There’s no two ways about it: It’s getting more expensive to live in Nevada.

From housing costs to car expenses to groceries, bills are going up, and Nevadans are having to expand their monthly budgets.

And many of them will be thinking about this when they begin filling out their ballots in November.

Nevada is seen as battleground state, and politicians are already addressing housing availability, uncapped rents and grocery costs during the campaign.

Will their proposed policies sway voters? How important is the economy to voters? And how well, or not, is the economy actually doing right now?


Guests: David Damore, executive director, The Lincy Institute & Brookings Mountain West; Meredith Levine, director of economic and fiscal policy, Guinn Center; Ben Iness, coalition coordinator, Nevada Housing Justice Alliance

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Paul serves as KNPR's producer and reporter in Northern Nevada. Based in Reno, Paul specializes in politics, covering the state legislature as well as national issues' effect in Nevada.