Hosts: Adam Gardiner and Rusty Cannon
On the Hill 2025: How the attorney general’s office is working with the legislature
As the state grows and as the economy grows, the state’s attorney general’s office says it needs more resources and funding to tackle the growing number of cases they’re handling. New Attorney General Derek Brown is asking the Utah Legislature for more funding as he works to rebuild the office. He joins Inside Sources live on Capitol Hill to discuss how his office is working with lawmakers during this legislative session.
On the Hill 2025: Launching a grant program to fund ‘catalyst centers’ in Utah
How do you view success? For House Speaker Mike Schultz, it involves preparing youth to enter the workforce – and be able to sustain a good life – right out of high school. Today, he’s introducing a new bill into committee that would fund grant programs for local education agencies to create or expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) types of programs, something he believes will help Utah’s youth learn the skills they need to be successful. He joins Inside Sources to talk about it.
On the Hill 2025: Revisions to elections laws
He might be a freshman legislator but he’s not wasting any time getting to work, choosing to tackle a hot topic during the legislative session: elections. State Representative Doug Fiefia wants to speed up and clean up things on Election Day, including changing the voter registration deadline and specifying the deadlines for ballot collection. Rep. Fiefia joins us to walk us through the bill.
On the Hill 2025: Addressing law enforcement performance standards
In 2018, Utah banned police quotas. However, some law enforcement agencies still use a kind of quota system, and State Senator Todd Weiler wants that process to stop. Some agencies use quotas to make sure officers are doing their jobs – that they’re not just sitting around. Sen. Weiler is running a bill would create a new performance standard metric to ensure police officers are held to similar standards; he joins the show to explain.
Race for a reconciliation budget continues
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson seems to be falling behind in the race to get a reconciliation package put together. Who’s in the lead? It looks like it’s the Senate – they may get the budget package created before the House. The Inside Sources hosts discuss the latest developments from over the weekend on government funding.
Impending tariffs on incoming steel, aluminum
While the general tariffs on Mexico and Canada are paused, other tariffs are moving forward. President Trump has announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum being imported into the United States. Inside Sources hosts Adam Gardiner and Rusty Cannon share their thoughts on the continued threats of tariffs.
On the Hill 2025: What’s it like as a legislative intern during the session?
On Inside Sources, we chat with the movers and shakers in politics. That usually involves speaking with the lawmakers themselves, but it also includes chatting with the folks in the legislators’ offices. Delaney Moss, Communications Intern for the House Majority joins Inside Sources to describe what it’s like to work at the Capitol during the legislative session.
DOGE sets its sights on the Department of Education
One of President Trump’s key platform issues has been the dismantling of the Department of Education. Late last week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) went in and began taking control of the Department of Education. There’s been a lot of pushback, but is it warranted? Newly released test scores show that there might actually be quite a bit of room for improvement within the country’s education system.
