Lucia Starbuck
Political ReporterLucia Starbuck is an award-winning political journalist and the host of KUNR’s monthly show Purple Politics Nevada. She is passionate about reporting during election season, attending community events, and talking to people about the issues that matter most to them.
In 2024, Lucia was awarded the National Press Foundation’s Women in Politics Journalism Fellowship, and in 2023, she produced a four-part series on rural maternal health care with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship.
Lucia was born and raised in Reno. During her free time, she enjoys watching movies, going on nature walks, and learning how to cook.
You can reach Lucia via email at LS@KUNR.org.
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Renown Pharmacy on Pringle Way in Reno will expand to 24 hours, seven days a week, starting April 29.
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The Reno-Sparks Tribal Health Center is now a Tribal Federally Qualified Health Center. It is the first tribal clinic in Nevada to receive the designation.
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Following KUNR Public Radio’s four-part series, on maternal health care deserts in rural Nevada and the role doulas play, KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck moderated a webinar with a doctor, doula, and state lawmaker to continue the conversation about solutions to improve rural maternal health care.
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What issues matter most during the election for community members in rural Nevada? In this month’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada, host Lucia Starbuck speaks with voters in Lovelock, Winnemucca, Dayton, and Elko about a wide range of issues, including health care, taxes, and mining.
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There’s a local connection to Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was nominated for 10 Oscars but didn’t take any home during Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards.
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Nevada received an “F” in a new national report that examines state legislative support for public education but scored highly in one section.
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The Discovery museum in downtown Reno has a new exhibition on mental health.
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On Saturday, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the headline speaker at a Washoe County Democratic Party fundraiser in Reno.
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Later this year, Tesla will have to start paying property taxes for the first time in 10 years. Nevada gave the electric car manufacturing company more than $1 billion in tax breaks in 2014 to build its gigafactory in Storey County. Now, Storey County has big plans to upgrade its aging infrastructure and pay back some debt.
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Former president Donald Trump easily won the Republican-party caucus on Thursday.