Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner 

Week 2 of the Legislative Session gets underway on Utah’s Capitol Hill  
Inside Sources begins a special show live from Utah’s Capitol Hill to celebrate the second week of the 2025 Legislative General Session. HB267, which would make changes to the way labor unions work with public employers, just passed in the State House of Representatives. Inside Sources shares some information on the bill and the hosts hypothesize on its future as it heads to the State Senate. 

On the Hill 2025: Legislation to add firearm safety to Utah’s public-school curriculum 
Growing up in rural Utah, State Representative Rex Shipp says his life was aided and protected in knowing how to act around firearms. He says that today, as the state becomes more urban, children don’t get the ability to interact with guns, so they’re unfamiliar with them and their danger. He’s proposing a bill that would add firearm safety courses to Utah’s public-school curriculum; he joins the show to talk about why he believes the courses would protect Utah’s youth. 

On the Hill 2025: Arguments for making changes to the ballot initiative process 
As many political insiders expected, this year’s legislative session has several bills relating to ballot initiatives. State Senator Lincoln Fillmore is running a bill that would clarify publication and notification requirements for citizen ballot initiatives. He joins Inside Sources to explain the motivations behind this bill and why it would require all proposals to amend the Utah Constitution be published in newspapers around the state. 

On the Hill 2025: Arguments against making changes to the ballot initiative process 
Not everyone is a fan of adding more requirements to the ballot initiative process. Several legislators say the bill Sen. Fillmore is running would make citizen ballot initiatives even harder to run. State Senator Kathleen Riebe says she’s worried about the overall implications created by adding more steps to the process. She joins Inside Sources to give an opposing view to this bill. 

On the Hill 2025: The state of politics in Utah 
Oftentimes, we think of politics as being divisive and full of anger. Members of the Utah Legislature – even those on opposite sides of the aisle – are an exception to this; there’s often comradery and friendship. State Representatives Andrew Stoddard and Casey Snider don’t agree on many bills but find ways to cross the aisle. They join Inside Sources to share perspectives on several pieces of legislation in the session. 

On the Hill 2025: Sunday-related legislation 
Two pieces of legislation have really caught our eye this session: one would prevent franchisers from requiring franchisees to be open on Sunday and another would allow car dealerships to be open on Sunday. The franchise-related bill is still set to move forward but the car dealership bill has been abandoned for now. Inside Sources hosts Adam Gardiner and Taylor Morgan discuss the two bills and how they relate to things like free markets and free trade. 

President Trump’s weekend situation with Colombia and planes filled with migrants 
Over the weekend, the country of Colombia turned away multiple US military planes filled with Colombian migrants. It sparked ire from President Trump, who threatened hefty tariffs on the country unless they allowed the flights. Inside Sources finishes this special show analyzing the decision from Colombia and the response from the Trump administration.