Hosts: Leah Murray & Erin Rider

On the Hill 2025: The legislative session wraps up today 
45 days, 104 legislative lawmakers, and nearly 1-thousand bills and resolutions -- Utah’s 2025 Legislative General Session ends today. We’ve been covering the session since before it even began, discussing bill after bill with State Representatives and State Senators. Bills that, if passed and signed by the Governor, will affect the people of Utah. We begin our special “Eye on the Hill” edition of Inside Sources with some analysis from our hosts. 

On the Hill 2025: Drama over a bill dealing with office space in the Capitol 
One thing that popped up overnight – just as the session is winding down – was a substitution to SB143: Legislative Activities Amendments. An addition to the bill outlined a change in space – the State Auditor’s office would be moved out of the Capitol and into a different building on Capitol Hill. There’s been a lot of confusion about it, so we speak with bill sponsor State Senator Mike McKell to get his take. Then, we chat with State Auditor Tina Cannon to hear her perspective on the bill that could remove her office from the Capitol building. 

On the Hill 2025: How did House Democrats do this legislative session? 
Sustainability, health and wellbeing, education, and good governance. The Utah House Democrats set out to address issues with compassion, courage, and equity for all during the legislative session. How’d they do? House Minority Leader Representative Angela Romero joins the show for a review of the past 45 days and how she feels about the direction of Utah’s future. 

On the Hill 2025: Senate Democrats share their thoughts on the session 
When we spoke with Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla on Day 1 of the legislative session, she spoke about going “back to basics.” Now, on the final day of the session, did Senate Democrats succeed in going back to basics? Senator Escamilla joins us again to discuss the wins and losses her caucus saw during this session. 

On the Hill 2025: Analyzing the performance of Senate Republicans during the session 
Inside Sources hosts Leah Murray and Erin Rider compare some of the biggest bills Senate Republicans ran during the session to the priorities the caucus put forth at the very beginning. They also share their thoughts on some of the other bills we’ve covered this session. 

On the Hill 2025: House Republicans walk away from the session feeling successful 
Republicans in the Utah House of Representatives set out to tackle topics like energy, housing, education, and more. Due to their majority, they saw more successes this legislative session, but it wasn’t all roses all the time. House Majority Leader Representative Jefferson Moss joins Inside Sources to discuss the next steps his caucus will take moving out of this session. 

On the Hill 2025: Final thoughts on the legislative session 
With just a few hours left in the legislative general session, it’s time to wrap things up. Holly Richardson, Deseret News columnist and Editor of Utah Policy joins hosts Leah Murray and Erin Rider for a final lookback at everything that happened during the last 45 days.