KSL's Inside Sources

A major initiative announced today from The Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation -- along with Miller Sports + Entertainment and the Daniels Fund -- aims to expand access to youth sports. The rise in cost for many of these sporting activities has created a barrier to entry for a lot of Utah youth. This new fund hopes to bridge some of this gap by allowing Utahns and local businesses to contribute to a new fund. Executive Director of the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation, Don Stirling, joins after a news conference to share more insights into the new fund.

Back and forth... and back and forth... all in the public eye. The negotiations over the size and impact of the incoming data center to Box Elder County continue… now through a series of very public letters. This has us wondering more about the process and why this kind of thing didn't happen months ago behind closed doors. Or is the process changing because of public pushback? And then in Iron County, a very different process is playing out over another data center. Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz joins the program to share his thoughts on these data centers.

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This week, one of the most influential businesswomen and philanthropists in Utah passed away. Karen Huntsman -- of the famed Huntsman family -- died at the age of 88. The Huntsman name is well-known in Utah, but so is their impact. Karen and her husband Jon created a family foundation in 1988, which has grown to support cancer research, mental health treatment and research, public and higher education, and those who are under-served. Greg and Holly discuss the impact and legacy of philanthropic families in the state.

As we move towards our nation's 250th birthday, we're taking time here on Inside Sources to really look at what makes our country so great. One thing we often hear is that we lived in "unprecedented times," but are we really? One could make the argument that we've seen these kinds of things before. As some people say: what's old is new again. Host of the History That Doesn't Suck podcast and a professor at Utah Valley University Dr. Greg Jackson joins the show to explain how history can help us better understand our present situation and prepare for the future.

Governor Spencer Cox used to declare June as Pride Month here in Utah. But he began to move away from that in the last few years. Now this year, the Governor is declaring June as "Fidelity Month." He says this is his call for a return to America's core values. The Governor's declaration comes amid several Republican states choosing to celebrate traditional families, nuclear families, and pro-life movements instead of LGBTQ pride. Deseret News political reporter Brigham Tomco joins Inside Sources to explain the meaning and relative secrecy of this declaration.

Utah's primary election is still a few weeks away, but several states have already held theirs. Six states held their primaries yesterday, and there were some interesting takeaways from those elections. In this segment, Inside Sources discusses close races in California, a Trump-backed candidate losing in Iowa, and the potential for the first Native American female to become governor in  New Mexico.

Primary election ballots are hitting mailboxes around the state -- many have already gotten them, in fact. But in Tooele County, thousands of voters got the wrong ballot. The county clerk says the printer made a mistake, resulting in roughly 9,000 voters getting primary ballots for the wrong party. How does this kind of thing happen... and what happens to correct the problem? Inside Sources gets answers from the person overseeing it all, Tooele County Clerk Tracy Shaw.

A long-time listener recently asked us to look into a situation involving his condominium complex, a neighbor whose child has special needs, and HOA rules. It's a complicated situation, so we bring in an expert for her takes. Director of the Utah HOA Ombudsman Office Erin Rider joins Greg and Holly in the studio to discuss the situation and what our listener can do to achieve a more peaceful community. Erin also explains the role of her office and what we can all do to make community living a little easier.

Claims of stolen LEGO bricks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, several arrests of a viral YouTube creator, and claims that local police agencies aren't doing enough -- it's all part of an evolving situation in Utah County. American Fork Police deny the claims that they're doing anything inappropriate, but the online masses disagree. Inside Sources breaks down the case and Greg shares his own legal takes.