According to a new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the US Census Bureau, the number of new home sales rose for the third time in a row in May. It went up 12.2% in April and up 20% over the last year. Heather Groom, a licensed Realtor at KW Westfield who’s been recognized as Top Solo Agent for the last two years, joins the show to describe what’s happening with the housing market and what the trends look like here in Utah.

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We heard from Utah’s Morning News today about confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs. These contained information describing student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, suicide attempts, and more. This is something we are seeing many businesses, government entities, and even private citizens having to deal with now more than ever. So how do we protect ourselves from ransomware? Earl Foote, CEO/Founder of Nexus IT, joins the show with some tips.

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BREAKING: Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty to charges of mishandling classified documents

We are one step closer in this fast special election to decide who will replace Congressman Chris Stewart for the 2nd congressional district. By 5pm yesterday all parties and candidates who gathered signatures had to submit their papers to the Lt. Governor. Over the past 2 weeks there have been a lot of unknowns over the candidacy of Celeste Maloy. Yesterday the GOP finally put an end to any rumors the party was not going to nominate her by submitting her name as the GOP convention nominee in the primaries. Utah GOP Chair Robert Axson walks us through this and shares how he feels about the primaries.

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In response to the Alpine School Board’s unanimous vote to close two elementary schools, Sharon and Valley View Elementary, parents of Alpine School District students have filed a lawsuit against them. Alicia Alba, an Alpine student’s parent who’s also leading the lawsuit efforts, joins guest hosts Leah Murray and Derek Brown to discuss the plans for this lawsuit.

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- SCOTUS review session

- SCOTUS’s decision to end affirmative action receives backlash

- SCOTUS shut down President Biden’s student debt relief plan… Now what?

- Congress passes the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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The House Appropriations Committee has approved earmark dollars for the next year to start off the fiscal 2024 appropriations process. Despite a push to hold overall spending, funding for earmarks in House bills increased by more than 20%. Maura and Leah discuss this.

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Rate limit exceeded… This is Elon Musk's latest idea for Twitter. If you’re on Twitter, you might have noticed that there’s a temporary limit on the number of tweets you can see a day. And that’s not all. Meta is challenging Twitter by offering a rival app called Threads. So… what’s happening with Twitter? Maura and Leah discuss and take calls.

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The most exceptional people became specialists at a young age. Andre Agassi started playing tennis at around 4 years old. Elon Musk developed an interest in computing and learned about programming at the age of 10. Warren Buffet purchased his first stock when he was 11. This raises the question, are kids specializing too young? Should kids specialize in sports at a young age? Inside Sources Host Boyd Matheson joins the discussion.

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Remember when Netflix updated its password-sharing policy, saying that you need to be living in the same house or be in the same location in order to share an account? Well, Costco's following right behind them with their membership-sharing policy. They recently announced that they will be implementing a stricter reviewing process on members’ cards to make sure no one’s abusing the system. Will this lead to a boost in their membership subscriptions, like it did with Netflix?

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The Alpine School Board unanimously voted last Friday to close Sharon and Valley View Elementary Schools, effective starting fall of 2023. There are also some boundaries that are going to be moving… The scale of this change is so big that it has even led to a lawsuit. KSL NewsRadio Reporter Aimee Cobabe joins the show to discuss how this decision will affect the students who attended those schools.

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