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Episodes from Inside Utah Politics with Lindsay Aerts
O'Leary sued over Chinese operative allegations, Sen. Weiler joins Sutherland Institute
The data center backlash continues to drive the conversation in Utah politics. Local Democrat-aligned groups are suing Kevin O'Leary, the celebrity investor and backer of the Stratos data center project. They claim the Shark Tank star defamed them when he alleged their opposition to the project…
Utah monument shrunk in pair of executive orders, NYT reporters subpoenaed
Utah's congressional delegation, Governor Spencer Cox and House Speaker Mike Schultz joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office as he signed a pair of executive orders shrinking Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ear national monuments. The monuments have been a political football for…
Evaluating the firework ban, Senate President race begins
Utah's America 250 celebrations came and went without mass displays of personal fireworks across much of the state. Governor Cox's executive order clamping down on those displays expired July 5th, but our fire danger has not subsided. Lindsay Aerts sits down with Utah's State Forester Jaimie Barnes…
Where the Prop 4 fight goes next, D.O.J pressures election officials
Utah lawmakers will not pursue another version of Amendment D, the voided proposal to rein in the power of voter-led initiatives to change state law. It's the latest development on the many fronts of the war over Prop 4 and redistricting in Utah. Analysts Erin Rider and Adam Gardiner join Lindsay…
Trump wades into World Cup politics, state weighs efficacy of firework ban
The USMNT is out of the World Cup after their loss to Belgium, but it's the action off the field driving conversation. President Donald Trump made a personal call to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review the red card against star US striker Folarin Balogun. Our panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah…
Supreme Court ends 2025 term with a bang, GOP hoping to hold down CD-1 in November
The United State Supreme Court has gone home for the summer, but not before dropping some landmark decisions. The high court handed President Trump a loss on one of his marquee policy proposals, denying him the ability to abolish birthright citizenship via executive order. On the same day we saw a…
U.S. Supreme Court wraps term with a set of landmark rulings
The United States Supreme Court has dropped their final rulings from the October 2025 term. It was a run of cases for the history books, between a pair of cases upholding bans on transgender girls in women's sports, a major loss for the president on birthright citizenship, and a potential game…
Election night winners eye November, results continue to trickle in
Lindsay Aerts unpacks all the big wins and losses on primary election night. Former congressman Ben McAdams details his plans to punch his ticket back to Washington in a new district where there's plenty of unknown. Plus, we sit down with the candidate behind the update rocking Utah politics.…
Gov. Cox moves to restrict fireworks, Senate President's primary loss sends shockwaves
Governor Cox announces a new executive order that gives the State Forester and town fire marshals far greater power to restrict, and in some cases ban, private firework displays. It comes as over 100,000 acres burn in severe wildfires across the state, including the Cottonwood Fire, which the…
Election Night Recap: Upset at the highest level of the state legislature while McAdams and house incumbents sweep
Your Local Election Headquarters is all over the results of the primary elections. We were there when Stephanie Hollist learned she had unseated Senate President J. Stuart Adams and we brought the race calls live in our first election on new congressional maps. Now, panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah…
Layton State House race comes into focus, Confusion at the clerk's office
On the eve of the election, we're sitting down with the candidates in what's set to be a highly watched State House primary race. In HD-16, incumbent Representative Trevor Lee faces an in-party challenge from Bob Stevenson, a veteran of Davis County politics. They join Lindsay to explain their…
Allegations of insider trading and defamation rock CD-2 GOP primary, election day draws near
The heat continues to climb in Utah's second congressional district, with Congressman Blake Moore saying his challenger has engaged in "outright defamation." It comes after outgoing state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee captioning a now-deleted X post “I came from nothing and built my American dream with…