KSL's Inside Sources

There's a growing trend of state Republican Parties adding anti-IVF language to their party platforms. For being the supposed party of families, Holly's confused as to the end goal of these moves. Is surrogacy next? She and Greg discuss the new language and how that could affect a changing familial structure in our country.

When we talk about awful crimes like murder, mental health almost always comes into the conversation. That's the situation going on right now in Massachusetts, where Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three children. Her trial is ongoing this week, and the case has really honed in on Clancy's postpartum mental health and this idea of "postpartum psychosis." Greg and Holly share their thoughts on the case, then broaden out the conversation to discuss physical and mental health care for new mothers. They're joined in this discussion by Sarah Hanchett, LCSW, Chief Clinical Officer at Collaborative Care from EvolvedMD.

More school districts are heading back to the classroom today, including Salt Lake City and Nebo school districts. A few other districts are partially going back today, including some students in the Alpine School District, where Holly lives. Her daughter's been feeling a lot of anxiety starting at a new junior high school today, and that has Holly feeling more nervous than ever. Deseret News reporter Jason Swensen spoke with a child therapist to get some tips on how parents and kids can deal with back-to-school jitters; he joins Inside Sources to explain.

Could the anti-incumbent wave sweeping much of the nation finally have reached the shores of Utah? New data from the Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics found that some of Utah's top political leaders -- including Governor Cox, Senator Mike Lee, and Senator John Curtis -- have all seen some pretty significant approval drops. For more insights on the polling and what it says about our current views of our elected officials, political reporter at the Deseret News Brigham Tomco joins the show.

So many outstanding questions remain this morning… following that deadly shooting outside a funeral service in Kearns. But Holly's biggest question: is no place sacred anymore? While the shooting wasn't inside a church -- it was right outside -- do we not hold things like funeral services as sacred anymore? Police haven't said a whole lot, other than the number of victims involved. They also released some information this morning on a 45-year-old man they have taken into custody on suspicion of being involved. Greg and Holly turn to Greg Rogers, retired FBI agent and criminal justice instructor at Utah Valley University to get his take on this kind of violence and what we can do to help bring down the temperature.

One Utahn is breaking records on his bike, averaging 30 mph for 200 miles! Matthew Lefthand tells the Deseret News that he hopes to complete a 24-hour cycling record next year too. We turn to our own cycling expert, Greg Skordas, for a chat on the significance of this milestone.

It's been a bit of a heavy show today -- a lot of crime and drama. So let's finish the show with something a little more positive: nonprofits. In fact, today is National Nonprofit Day! What kind of impact do nonprofit organizations have in our state? We turn to the CEO of Utah Nonprofits Association, Jill Bennett, for a chat on the state of Utah's nonprofit industry.

This morning, a Utah advocacy group filed an official complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against the state of Utah. The complaint says that the Utah Office of Energy Development engaged in false and deceptive advertising about nuclear energy. The group HEAL Utah -- along with several other groups -- says that the state's ads that make claims about nuclear energy and things like bananas are blatantly false, and they want the FTC to step in.

What's the line between child abuse and child torture? It's an awful question, but one we have to ask. Today, a man charged with several felony counts of child torture for taking his kids on a hike in a winter storm appeared in court. The three children were severely injured in the hike -- two of them critically -- and had to be rescued from the wintry weather. Now, Micah Smith is asking the court to allow him to contact his three children, who were 2, 4, and 8 at the time of the incident.