KSL's Inside Sources

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement: body cameras for agents, courts bursting at the seams
• Middle East Developments: "low-key" negotiations with Iran, Israel rejects Trump's peace plan with Gaza
• Back-to-School: 3,000 new teachers prepare for school year
• Back-to-School: The costs teachers often cover themselves
• Poll: 66% of Americans want more oversight of social media companies
• Pres. Trump looking for new ways to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
• Ask the Attorney: Prosecutors seek death penalty for third time against convicted killer Doug Lovell
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces major donation to help women and children

An emotional announcement from the General Relief Society President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, as President Camille Johnson announced a $65-million donation from the Church towards caring for women and children. Inside Sources' Holly Richardson was able to attend the donation; she explains what happened and why it's so important.

Doug Lovell, the man convicted and sentenced to death twice for the 1985 killing of Joyce Yost, was back in court today. Both of his previous sentences were overturned, but prosecutors are trying again. This time, they want to use artificial intelligence to clone Yost's voice, which would be based on recordings of her talking to police. In this edition of "Ask the Attorney," Holly asks KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas to explain what's prevented the death sentences from sticking in the past, plus what might make this time around different.

Despite rulings from the Supreme Court blocking President Trump's earlier attempt, the President is looking for different ways to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve Governor. SCOTUS Blog Managing Editor Kelsey Dallas joins Inside Sources to explain what the President's trying to do differently this time around. She also explains some recent polling that finds more and more Republicans are losing confidence in the country's highest court.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that roughly 66% of Americans agree that there should be more oversight of social media companies. But how that oversight is handled is the biggest question. Should the government do it? Should a completely unrelated organization do it? Can social media companies be trusted to do it themselves? Greg and Holly both share their answers and then read comments from listeners to get their perspectives.

Teachers across the state are already hard at work preparing for a new school year. Joining us for a chat about how teachers are preparing and the costs teachers often cover themselves is Renee Pinkney, President of the Utah Educators Association. She explains that here in Utah, teachers spend nearly $1,000 of their own money just to set up their classrooms and help their students be successful. She also offers tips on how parents can support their children's teachers.

As hundreds of thousands of Utah kids prepare for a new school year, so too are thousands of teachers. This year, the state's welcoming in roughly 3,000 brand new teachers! For those brand-new teachers who are just starting off in their careers, it can be an intimidating and stressful journey. Deseret News reporter Jason Swensen caught up with several new middle school teachers to find out how they're preparing for a new school year; he joins the program to explain what he learned from them.

It's like a game of chicken between the U.S. and Iran -- Iranian officials say the Strait of Hormuz waterway will never fully reopen until the U.S. "corrects its behavior." Iran has issued a slew of demands, which U.S. officials have scoffed at. Iran says it's now working with Oman to reopen and monitor the strait. In the meantime, Israel has rejected a 15-point peace plan from President Trump aimed at promoting peace in Gaza. Professor Austin Knuppe, Director of the Heravi Peace Institute at Utah State University, joins Greg and Holly to talk about the broader effects that conflicts in the Middle East may have on upcoming midterm elections here in the states.

ICE agents will finally get body cameras; they're expected to be equipped by the end of the month. But the agency says they'll only release the footage collected on those body cameras when it's in the agency's "best interests." Is this a win for transparency, or simply a political show? At the same time, the courts dealing with immigration cases continue to be bogged down by thousands of emergency cases. Inside Sources goes in-depth on both ICE-related stories.

A bit of panic across the Wasatch Front yesterday, over an evacuation alert mistakenly sent out to a large audience over the Rocky Canyon Fire burning near Henefer. People around Northern Utah and even in Evanston, Wyoming received the alert on their phones last night, which said to evacuate now, but didn't say why or where to go. Turns out that was a bit of a mistake -- a technical glitch. Then in Southern Utah, a community is in mourning after two helicopter pilots crashed and died while fighting the WideMouth 2 fire. Greg and Holly have more updates on Utah's evolving fire situation.

Topics we will cover on this episode of KSL Inside Sources include:

• Back to School: Bell-to-bell cell phone ban, finding bargains for back-to-school shopping
• Report: Roughly half of Americans store stuff at their parents' house
• New jobs report signals a stalling market
• Utah's Energy Future: A conversation with Representative Celeste Maloy
• Meta must pay massive payout over New Mexico lawsuit – how will that affect Utah's lawsuit?

As you prepare to send your kids back to school this year, don't plan on the cell phone being a part of those plans. The state's bell-to-bell cell phone ban is officially now in effect. That means for many students in the state, it'll be the first year they won't  be allowed to have their phones during the school year. As we wrap up a week of Back-to-School topics, we also take a look at how you can find the bargains to help bring down the cost of buying school supplies for the new year.

More showdowns are forming between President Trump and the courts. Despite the Supreme Court shutting down the President's earlier plans to restrict birthright citizenship, the President is trying to find another way around the ruling. At the same time, another appeals court is putting the kibosh on Trump's plans to build a new massive ballroom at the White House. President Trump vs. The Courts -- Greg and Holly break down the new developments.

Here's an interesting question for you: are your adult children still storing their stuff in your house? Or are you still storing stuff in your parents' house? A new survey came out from Talker Research, showing that nearly half of all Americans – across several age groups – still use their parents' place as a personal storage unit. Greg and Holly have personal experience with this kind of thing; they discuss and share their thoughts.

Well this isn't good news -- the labor market may be stalling again. New jobs numbers out today show the country actually lost jobs in July. Across retail, finance, hospitality, local government, and education, the U.S. lost 23,000 jobs last month. Does this signal a slowing economy, meaning it's time for the Feds to cut interest rates? Senior Economist at Zions Bank Robert Spendlove shares his expertise.

When it comes to energy production, how much of it should be renewable and how much of it should be traditional? Is it an "either/or" or a "yes/and"? This week, we learned that Utah's number one source of energy in May was solar energy. But we constantly need more and more energy, so is it enough? Congresswoman Celeste Maloy joins Inside Sources for a conversation about energy and how we can find balance between traditional and renewable energies... to ensure we have enough power for our growing society.

A New Mexico court has ordered a massive payout from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Yesterday, the court ordered the social media giant to pay $567 million in damages for their algorithms and technology, both of which have been shown to harm children. That's in addition to $375 million already ordered by another New Mexico court in March. So how could this payout affect the ongoing lawsuit brought against Meta by Utah? The Inside Sources hosts discuss.

• Utah Firewatch: High heat and high fire risk coming this weekend
• Senate committee votes to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress
• Examining Utah's college graduation retention rates
• Back to School: How are Utah schools planning to use AI in the classroom?
• Lawsuit filed against state over plans to tax 'big tech'
• National, local changes to child care
• Gene editing to create hypoallergenic beagles
• LinkedIn adds button to flag 'AI slop'

If you get on social media nowadays, you're bound to see something a lot of people tend to hate. In fact, it's been lovingly (or annoyingly) called "AI slop," and it = covers any kind of AI-generated content that looks... well... sloppy. Now, a major social media platform has created a new button so that users can flag this kind of "AI slop."

Scientists are using gene editing to create hypoallergenic beagles -- dogs that people with canine allergies would be able to own and be around. Greg and Holly both found the story fascinating at first, but Inside Sources Executive Producer Andy Cupp -- who's also the proud owner of two beagles -- had some serious concerns. Turns out he's not alone; many on social media share the same worries. So what are they concerned about? Andy joins the show to discuss.

Child care regulations might mostly be tossed out under new plans from the Trump Administration. This morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the proposed policy changes would put more decision-making in the hands of local governments. Speaking of local control and child care, the chair of the Salt Lake County Council is also defending the council's decision earlier this year to end county-run daycare programs. With so much going on with child care right now, Inside Sources talks more about it.

Taxing big tech companies -- is it legal or not? The state of Utah says it is; in fact, they passed a bill to do just that in the last legislative session. But the Utah Taxpayers Association disagrees, saying the state's new law violates existing federal law. Remember, the legislature passed the bill to tax large tech companies earlier this year, saying it's meant to target ads that are supposedly designed to addict minors. KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas shares his takes on what this lawsuit could mean for the future of "big tech" in Utah.

Education and artificial intelligence -- are they polar opposites? Or can they work hand-in-hand? And if they can work together, what's the most effective, most ethical way? Today, we really dig into artificial intelligence and how the state of Utah plans to use it in the coming school year. Over the course of two segments, Greg and Holly consult Matt Winters, AI Specialist at the Utah State Board of Education, to learn how schools, teachers, parents, and students can best use AI in the coming school year.

Utah's college students head back to class in just a few weeks. As we talk about back-to-school, we can't forget our college and university students. In this segment, Greg and Holly talk about graduation retention rates -- what drives people to go to college, stay in college, graduate from college, and then live in the same place where they earned their degree? Dr. Peter Bahr, Vice President of Employer Engagement and Managing Research Director for the Institute for the Future of Work at Strada Education Foundation, joins them.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress. Dr. Fauci oversaw the beginning of the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been conspiracies following him around for years, so he was subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee. But he didn't really answer any of their questions, choosing to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times. So what happens next?