The economics whiz behind Nevada’s biggest tax policies

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A profile on the analyst who has influenced Nevada’s biggest tax policies of the past two decades and a story on sealing abandoned mines.

This week, host Joey Lovato talks with reporter Sean Golonka about Jeremy Aguero, who has had a singular role in controversial tax and stadium deals that shaped the state. After that, environmental reporter Amy Alonzo talks about an effort to seal up thousands of abandoned mines in Nevada and why the agency tasked with doing it is so underfunded.

Host

Joey Lovato - @Joey_Lovato_

Guests

Sean Golonka - @s_golonka

Amy Alonzo

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Jeremy Aguero’s Nevada: How a well-connected consultant shaped the state over two decades

Nevada has the most abandoned mines in the nation. Why is it taking so long to seal them?