IMPACT

IMPACT on Anti-Racism

Carrie Kaufman talked with Akiko Cooks and her son Corey, who was one of the high schoolers targeted for assassination at Arbor View High School in 2019. She also talked with Jenna Roberts and her daughter Bella, who were part of a coalition that helped pass a CCSD gender diversity policy in 2018.

IMPACT on Student Losers

Bailey Middle School got an answer from CCSD CFO Jason Goudie about why they have almost $400,000 less in their budget. And it's not a good one.

Legislative Update: Housing and Criminal Justice

Carrie Kaufman talks to Nevada Current reporter Michael Lyle about the housing and criminal justice bills he's seeing come up in the 2021 Nevada Legislative Session. It's a pretty progressive session, making small changes with big impacts.

Progressives Take Over Nevada Democratic Party

Wherein Chris G takes on Nicole Cannizzaro, CCSD, challenges Legislative Dems to put their money where their mouth is, and progressives to focus on the boring organizational stuff and offers training for both Republicans and Democrats for free.  We are also joined by Leisa Moseley, who was the political director for the 2020 Bernie campaign, and Dr. Zaffar Iqbal, who is now the 2nd vice chair of the NV Dems.  But honestly, folks, this is a Chris G interview.

IMPACT on Pahrump - 2

Pahrump resident Sara Walker jumped in last March and started making masks. Carrie checks in with her again to see how her year has been. Short answer... not that great. But she's still giving back.

IMPACT on Traffic Violations

Two bills are making their way through the Assembly right now that will have a big impact on how we handle traffic violations. AB116, introduced by District 10 Assemblywoman Rochelle Wwyn, would make traffic violations - and their attendant fees - a civil rather than a criminal violation. That means if people don’t pay their fees, government entities in Nevada cannot put them in jail. AB151, sponsored by District 16 freshman Assemblywoman Cecilia Gonzalez, would make it against the law to ...

IMPACT on Data Insights

Back in October - you know, when we had nothing to do and weren’t stressing about the future of the free world - Nathan Trenholm and Justin White filed a lawsuit against the Clark County School District. Trenholm and White are the proprietors of Data Insight Partners, which contracts with school organizational teams - SOTs - to provide data to admin, teachers, students and parents in over 35 schools. Data Insight Partners started after the passage of AB469 - commonly known as the reorganiz...

IMPACT on Stealing Data and Death

Carrie talks with Nathan Trenholm and Justing White about their legal complaint against the Clark County School District, as well as Leisa Moseley and Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen about decriminalizing traffic tickets. But first... we check in with a former guest in Pahrump who has dedicated this last year to helping people in the pandemic, but who has lost a lot.

IMPACT on DETR

Carrie talks to Elisa Cafferata, the new director of the Dept. of Employment and Rehabilitation about how real unemployment and fraud crippled DETR's ability to react to the pandemic.

IMPACT on Election Day Challenges

Attorney Daniel Stewart with Hutchison and Steffen explains the lawsuits filed in Nevada by the Trump campaign on the day of and in the aftermath of the election.

IMPACT on the Election

The entire world has been watching Nevada, and figuring out how to say our state’s name. But as much as Las Vegas has a reputation as a fast paced, now or never kind of place, our approach to counting ballots is slow and steady. Accuracy before speed. And we have new heroes. Steve Kornaki’s trending on Twitter is pretty hilarious. But even Stephen Colbert hailed Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria. I can’t help but think the world is getting a glimpse of the real Las Vegas. The one filled w...

IMPACT on Bailey Middle School

IMPACT on Teen Suicide

Carrie's Intro: This week started out for me with my phone blowing up over a story from the New York Times. Erica Green, one of their education reporters, wrote a story on student suicides and other mental health issues during the pandemic. Clark County School District was front and center. Green said on Twitter that she had gotten her info from another school district leader, when she called him to ask if they were having bad mental health issues. He said no, but talk to Jesus Jara - who...

IMPACT Legislative Preview

Carrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Current reporters Dana Gentry, Michael Lyle and April Corbin about what they expect from the Nevada legislative session, which starts Feb. 1.

IMPACT of Legislative Education Agenda

The next Nevada legislative session starts Feb. 1, 2021, and education issues will be front and center. Not only has the pandemic decimated education funding sources - which are heavily reliant on tourism - but a new funding formula was put in place during the 2019 session, and a funding commission has been looking at how to implement it. I sat down with the two heads of the Senate Education Committee - chair Mo Denis and vice-chair Marilyn Dondero-Loop - to talk about what might be happen...

IMPACT of Insurrection

In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol building, Carrie talks to Congresswoman Susie Lee, who was evacuated from her office. Then we have a discussion with Chris Guinchigliani, Pete Simi, Leisa Mosely and Tiffiany Howard about domestic terrorism and if the U.S. is a failed state.

IMPACT on Teachers

IMPACT on Pandemic Teacing

Carrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.

IMPACT on Pandemic Teaching

Carrie had an hour-long conversation with five teachers about the things they've learned, what they have done for their students, and the obstacles they've had to deal with during the pandemic. A great peak at what REALLY goes on behind the scenes in teaching.

IMPACT of the Science and Protest

Carrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.

IMPACT of the Future

Carrie talks with University Medical Center CEO Mason VanHoweling about the delivery of the vaccine, and with Idaho Statesman editor in chief Christina Lords, who gives us some insight on protesters harassing local politicians - and journalists.

IMPACT of Homelessness

Carrie Kaufman talks with the Nevada Current's Michael Lyle about the razing of a homeless encampment in downtown Las Vegas. Then she chats with incoming CCSD Trustee Evelyn Garcia Morales. And the League of Women Voters' Nevada chapter has been disbanded. CSN professor - and IMPACT contributor - Sondra Cosgrove says she was given an ultimatum: have her speech censored of disaffiliate. She tells us why she chose the latter.

IMPACT of Speech

The Clark County School District uploaded a new policy document just before Thanksgiving, but didn't tell anyone. The document limited the free speech of CCSD employees. A First Amendment Lawyer in Chicago happened to find it. He wrote a Twitter thread that shocked people involved with CCSD. On this episode of IMPACT, we talk with that attorney. We also talk with three other people involved with CCSD: education advocate and law professor Sylvia Lazos, Spring Valley Principal Tam Larnerd, and...

IMPACT of COVID on Reimagining Education

As a follow-up to Carrie Kafuman's column in the Nevada Current, Dana Gentry wrote a piece exploring the suicide numbers in Nevada.  Alas, 14 students have died by suicide this year. That's four more than last year. But six less than 2018, when CCSD lost 20 students to suicide. We talk with Dana and Mike Kagan, a Boyd Law professor who wrote about the issues CCSD wasn't taking into consideration by arguing that getting kids back in buildings would improve their mental health. We also talk t...

IMPACT of the Election

Carrie Kaufman talks to Sondra Cosgrove, Leisa Mosely, Cecia Alvarado, and Sarah O'Connell about who turned out and what the election of 2020 means for our immediate future in Nevada.

IMPACT of Women

It would seem at first blush that working from home might be a boon to women - especially women who endure toxic workplace culture. But it turns out the pandemic has done harm to women. Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce. Only 216,000 men did. The trend line is down for all of us, but women are losing jobs at a faster pace. That's because not only are women at home, but their children are, too. And gender bias isn't limited to the workplace. Andie Kramer and Al Harris are both at...

IMPACT on Voter Safety

What will happen if a "militia" shows up to a polling place and tries to block people from voting? What if we sign our ballots incorrectly? When will our votes be counted? Carrie asked Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria and Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Wayne Thorley to ease her troubled mind. With facts.

IMPACT on Intimidation: Extremism and the Future

Extremism experts Pete Simi and Vegas Tenold Zoomed with Carrie Kaufman to chat about the Proud Boys, Antifa, the makeup of supremacist groups, and what they see happening after the election. It's a sobering conversation. But a much needed one.

IMPACT on Intimidation

Vegas Tenold spent years as an investigative journalist, reporting on right-wing extremists. Today, he's an investigator for the Anti-Defamation League's Center for Extremism. He wrote the book Everything You Love Will Burn. Chapman University sociology professor Pete Simi spent six years embedded with right-wing extremists, which informed his blockbuster book, American Swastika.  Both Simi and Tenold shared with Carrie Kaufman their insight into right-wing extremists, and their view of th...

Two Extremism Experts on What Will Happen AFTER the Election

I sat down for a longer conversation with Pete Simi - who embedded himself with right-wing extremist groups to write "American Swastika" - and Vegas Tenold, who wrote, "Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the rebirth of white nationalism in America." This is the last question I asked them. Their answer was chilling.

Akiko Cooks on Being Black in America

Links for this segment: Officers Not Charged in Breonna Taylor's Death Black Police Officer Charged in Killing of White Australian Woman Black Mother Stands Between Her Son and a Cop

IMPACT of Breonna Taylor

Carrie Kaufman talks real estate and a new arts study that shows how much COVID has really impacted Las Vegas. And Akiko Cooks shares her feelings about the world in the wake of the decision not to charge the officers who killed Breonna Taylor.

IMPACT of Real Estate

Carrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Current journalist Dana Gentry and Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic about real estate prices in Las Vegas - which have weathered the pandemic pretty well. So far. Nothaft thinks they are headed for a nosedive within a year.

IMPACT on Inclusivity and the Oscars

Links from this episode: Coronavirus might have been in California as early as December Steve Nash, the NBA and White Privilege WGA West Report on Inclusivity in Hollywood Open Letter to Hollywood Michelle Amor Gilles New Oscar Best Picture Rules    

IMPACT of Performing Arts

CCSD's performing arts programs are some of the best in the country. Carrie Kaufman talked with CCSD performing arts director Jeff Williams about how his teachers and students are adjusting to online learning.

Sisolak's Pre-Labor Day Coronavirus Warning - Anotated

A 5-minuted version of Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak's pre-Labor Day press conference - with a bit of commentary.

IMPACT of First Week

Three sites, donated by Stations Casinos are up and running for free coronavirus testing - through April 18. The sites are at Texas Station in the north and Fiesta Casino in Henderson. Sam Boyd Stadium is also doing testing. And there is a testing site in Mesquite. The effort is a partnership between Clark County and the Dept. of Health and Human Services. For details, visit: http://DoINeedaCOVID19Test.com.

James Bilbray on the Postal Service

Did you know that the U.S. Postal Service can't deliver liquor? Those wine clubs... all delivered by UPS or FedEx. Former Congressman James Bilbray - who was on the Postal Commission that oversees the USPS - says that no liquor delivery is a prohibition-era rule, but that every time our modern-day postal service tries to eliminate it, the private delivery companies hire lobbyists to shoot the idea down. Bilbray also notes that the USPS is supposed to be paid by Congressional offices for "f...

IMPACT of States Rights and Voting

Carrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford about how federal changes regarding mail-in ballots impact states rights. Nevada has joined one of several lawsuits against the U.S. Postal Service. We also gained a wealth of knowledge on the topic from former Congressman James Bilbray. And we talk to the author of a harrowing Review Journal piece on nursing homes in the time of COVID.

IMPACT of the Postal Service

Carrie Kaufman talks with Senator Jacky Rosen, who sits on the Homeland Security Committee that heard from Postal Inspector Louis DeJoy. Rosen grilled DeJoy during the meeting. We also go over voting logistics with the head of Mi Familia Vota and the League of Women Voters of Nevada.

IMPACT with Jacky Rosen and the Postal Service

Sat down with Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen a couple of hours after the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, in which she grilled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

IMPACT on Fixing Unemployment

Barbara Buckley has been tapped to lead a task force to untangle some of the roadblocks that are keeping people from getting unemployment. The biggest roadblock she has identified? Fraud. Remember that Target data breach? Or the Experian one? Fraudsters are using that info now.

IMPACT on Guitars for Students

You can donate a guitar or donate money to buy guitars to Paul Kleemann at: Amazon Wish List: https://bit.ly/dsaguitarwish or Donate to Guitar Program: https://bit.ly/dsaguitardonate If you have another instrument - say that clarinet you played in high school, but has been gathering dust for the last couple of decades - call Paul at Del Sol Academy, (702) 799-6830. He will hook you up with high school teachers who need instruments.

IMPACT on Producers Alliance

Producers Alliance of Southern Nevada

IMPACT on Housing

Help, Hope, Home - Housing Assitance Program Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada

IMPACT on Housing, DETR and Local Arts

Links for this episode: Barbara Buckley Named to Form  DETR Task Force Elissa Cafferata Named Third New DETR Chief in Five months Producers Alliance of Southern Nevada Help, Hope, Home Clark County Housing Assitance The LEAP Commission, Nevada Pandemic Response MOLODI - Jason Nious If you wish to donate guitars or other instruments to Del Sol: Amazon Wish List: https://bit.ly/dsaguitarwish Donate to Guitar Program: https://bit.ly/dsaguitardonate

IMPACT on Important People

Nevada's second special legislative session of 2020 drew some contentious discussions - about criminal justice reforms (lawmakers didn't think they went far enough, but voted for the bill anyway), about DETR (technical fixes that most lawmakers can't even name), about voting (that's clear, but the president seems to think it isn't) and about COVID19 liability protection. That last bill, SB4 - which was first argued into the wee hours of the night - drew the most astonishing admission of the...

Challenges to Mail-In Voting

Carrie Kaufman talks to election law specialist Daniel Stewart about the Trump campaign's lawsuit on mail ballots, with the Nevada Legislature approved last month.

IMPACT Addition - CCSD Meeting Montage

This is an addendum to Episode 62: Impact on School Schedules and Mining Tax

IMPACT on School Schedules and Mining Tax

This is Impact. I’m Carrie Kaufman. The special legislative session is over. The Clark County School Board is in disarray. COVID 19 rates are soaring so high in Nevada - especially Southern Nevada - that we are being grouped in with states like Florida. I hate when we get grouped with Florida. As of this taping, we have 41,000 Coronavirus cases in Nevada, 722 deaths. We have a 12% positivity rate. Meanwhile, less than 500,000 people have been tested for coronavirus - in a state with a p...