Ballot Battleground: Nevada

• Taxes, John Doe, special session cost and cereal: Answering your listener questions with Chris Murphy

  It's mail time at Ballot Battleground: Nevada. This week, we're digging through the listener mailbag once again with News 4 and Fox 11 morning show anchor Chris Murphy. Host Ben Margiott and Chris answer questions ranging from tax reform and John Doe's identity to open primaries and the cost of a special legislative session. Do you have questions for our next mailbag? Send them to [email protected] and put Ballot Battleground: Nevada in the subject line. Does Nevada need property tax reform? Legislative push renewed amid budget shortfalls Bonus episode: Rep. Mark Amodei on the federal government shutdown Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei on tariffs, Signalgate, DOGE, immigration and moreHow much will Lombardo's special session of Nevada Legislature cost? Here's what we found Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Should Nevada reel in Hollywood? Film tax credits to be discussed in special session

  Legislators will be headed back to Carson City this fall for another special session of the Nevada legislature — the sixth since 2020. Governor Joe Lombardo announced he wants them to finish some 'unfinished business' in the next few months. So when exactly will that be? What still needs to get done? And why have there been so many special sessions lately? One of the biggest issues likely to come up is whether Nevada should offer new tax credits to attract the film industry to Las Vegas, so we figured we'd bring in two southern Nevada journalists. Host Ben Margiott chats with McKenna Ross, politics and government reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Steve Sebelius, senior political reporter with KTNV Channel 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Bonus episode: Rep. Mark Amodei on the federal government shutdown

  It's day 10 of the federal government shutdown and it seems Congress is no closer to an agreement to reopen the government. Amid the partisan standoff, we got the chance to sit down with Northern Nevada's representative in the U.S. House, Republican Mark Amodei. In this bonus episode, we asked Amodei why he opposes extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies, whether he supports the effort to ensure military members are paid and whether he would call out GOP leaders for continuing to use talking points about illegal immigrants deemed 'highly misleading.' GOP misleads with claim that Democrats shut down to give health care to 'illegal immigrants' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Why Nevada is refusing to hand over voter data with Sec. of State Cisco Aguilar

  In August, Nevada government agencies were hit with a crippling ransomware attack. Thankfully, Nevada’s election infrastructure wasn’t affected. But against that backdrop — and with concern over Nevadans’ personal information still fresh — the Department of Justice is now requesting driver’s license records and partial Social Security numbers for every registered voter in the state. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar joins this week to discuss how Nevada’s election systems held up during the cyberattack, why he won’t release voter data to the Trump administration and a first look at initiatives that could appear on Nevada’s 2026 ballot. Nevada Secretary of State concerned about DOJ requests for voter data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Mass deportations in Nevada: Both sides of the debate - part 2

  ICE arrests are surging in Nevada as the Trump administration moves forward with its mass deportation agenda promised in the campaign. In this episode, we go beyond the headlines to hear from both sides of the immigration debate. First, Athar Haseebullah of the ACLU of Nevada explains why his organization is fighting back against what it sees as government overreach. Then, Bruce Parks, chair of the Washoe County Republican Party, makes the case for why he supports mass deportations. Inside ICE arrests in Nevada — Part 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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