KSL's Inside Sources

 

Greg and Holly talk about this day in history as well as some fun facts of the week.  

 

 

Thursday afternoon marks the beginning of the Labor Day rush on Utah's roads and skies... which will see tens of thousands of people headed to their favorite spots in and out of the Beehive State. Greg and Holly are joined by UDOT's John Gleason on what commuters across Utah can expect.  

 

Greg and Holly chat with the editor of SCOTUSblog, Kelsey Dallas, about the latest ruling against an Executive Order limiting Birthright citizenship, as well as what cases are to come before the Supreme Court.  

 

 

Prediction Market Kalshi announced this week that they have placed their very first permanent ban on their platform on former US Representative George Santos. Holly and Greg discuss the ban as well as some of the other trouble Prediction Markets are in.  

 

Students across Utah are being invited by the Sutherland Institute to submit their ideas for AI policy as part of a statewide essay contest. Greg and Holly talk to Sen. Todd Weiler, CEO of the Sutherland Institute, about how students participate and what we hope to learn.  

 

If you have ever wished you could walk your loved ones right to the gate, or hug your missionaries right off the plane, now is your chance! This week, the TSA began its new Gateside program, in which 14 US airports will now allow you to go beyond the security checkpoint even if you don't have a ticket. 

 

The defense team for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk said in court this week that Kirk himself "hated" certain groups of people. Previously, the prosecution has claimed that Robinson hated Kirk because of his political stances; this flips that argument on its head. Greg and Holly discuss the conversation around hate and how it could affect the litigation. 

 

In a new book, the former leader of FEMA revealed that dismantling the agency proved more difficult than he thought. Greg and Holly talk about those challenges and why they would want to dismantle it in the first place.  

 

Some Trump administration officials are shifting the blame for the sharply rising oil prices onto the war in Ukraine, rather than the Strait of Hormuz. Greg and Holly discuss this, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin's new vow to back Iran, with Dr. Anna Pechenkina, associate professor of Political Science at Utah State University. 

 

Gloria Steinem, a central voice in the feminist movement of the 1970's died yesterday at 92. Holly and Greg discuss her monumental role in Women's equality and her continued fight for recognition.