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What legislators were the most and least successful this session?

Joey Lovato
Joey Lovato
Sean Golonka
Sean Golonka
Jannelle Calderon
Jannelle Calderon
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Alexandra Couraud
Alexandra Couraud

Foster care faces a shortage of homes in rural Nevada, The Indy analyzes the success rate of legislators' bills for the 2023 session and street vendors in Nevada get legitimized.

This week, hosts Joey Lovato and Alex Couraud hear from KFF Health News reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodrigez about her story on the foster care system in rural Nevada and how they were having to place children in hotel rooms for a time. After that, reporter Sean Golonka talks about legislators' voting records in the 2023 legislative session and looks at how successful lawmakers were at passing their bills. At the end of the show, reporter Jannelle Calderón goes over a bill that legitimizes street vendors as actual businesses.

Host

Joey Lovato - @Joey_Lovato_

Alex Couraud - @alexcouraud

Guests

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - @jazmin1orozco

Sean Golonka - @s_golonka

Jannelle Calderón - @NewsyJan

Read the stories

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Analysis: Which lawmakers were most likely to go against their party?

Analysis: Which lawmakers had the most, fewest bills passed in the 2023 session?

Aguilar invites street food vendors to join conversation about establishing regulations

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