KSL's Inside Sources

It was quite a scene in Utah County last night after protestors were removed and taken into custody during a county planning commission meeting on data centers. KSL obtained video of the incident, which shows Utah County Sheriff's Officers tackling several people to the ground and putting them in handcuffs. Greg and Holly discuss what we know about the event and how it shows strong feelings still exist around data centers in the state. They revisit the topic later on and get the Sheriff's Office side of things.

One Guatemalan engineer is a pro at riding a unicycle, and he's on the trip of a lifetime right now from Alaska to Argentina. Right now, he's riding through Utah! Greg loves to ride his bike, but a unicycle? Not so much.

Fertility rates around the country continue to drop, even in a family-friendly state like Utah. We know that we have to maintain a population balance in order to keep a functioning society, so what can be done to improve the fertility rates without destabilizing things even more? A new report out this morning from the Institute for Family Studies and BYU's Wheatley Institute asks these very questions and looks at the role of culture when it comes to having babies. For more, Inside Sources welcomes IFS research associate and co-author of the report, Peter Foreshaw Brookes.

A new Pew Research poll finds that men and women use artificial intelligence in very different ways. From the very beginning of the report, the researchers found that men use chatbots more than women and that women are more likely to use AI for a variety of things, including work. But overall, women are still much more skeptical about AI. Greg and Holly share their own thoughts and reasons for using AI, and they read listener comments sharing similar reasons.

Women's health is important -- period. But the approach to addressing and improving women's health can be very different. President Trump announced a new female-focused task force yesterday while also signing an executive order that targets research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for women. But Holly has concerns about this approach, saying it cancels research that was already in progress. She also has issues with the makeup of the task force; she explains and gives her "hot takes."

There are now two weeks to go until Election Day, and confidence in the upcoming election is low. According to new polling from ABC News, the Washington Post, and Ipsos, only 6 in 10 Americans are confident in the midterm elections. It improves a bit when looking at just registered voters -- about 2/3 say they're confident that the elections will be conducted fairly and accurately. Greg and Holly discuss the new polling and share analysis on some of the hottest midterm battlegrounds around the country.

As we get closer to Election Day, Inside Sources is interviewing candidates running in Utah's biggest races. In this edition of Meet the Candidates 2026, hosts Holly Richardson and Greg Skordas speak with the top two candidates for Utah's 3rd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Celeste Maloy and Democratic challenger Kent Udell. They answer questions about their campaign, their policies and priorities, the changes to national monuments in southern Utah, and why they think they're the best fit for the role.

The U.S. Secretary of Education was in Utah today for her tour around the country advocating for returning educational responsibilities to the states. You'll recall that President Trump tasked the Secretary to wind down the U.S. Department of Education. We hear remarks from Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and the Inside Sources hosts discuss the pros and cons to having federal government oversight over education.

Utah's Senator Mike Lee is backing the Trump administration and the Department of Justice as they seek to obtain private voter information. It goes against what Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson is doing -- we spoke about that yesterday. Remember, the LG refuses to give the DOJ all of the private voter information they're demanding, saying it's against the law for her to release that info. But Senator Lee disagrees, saying it's "unreasonable" to oppose what the Justice Department is doing.