From Deseret News:
SALT LAKE CITY — An advocate for open government, Rep. Kraig Powell, R-Heber City, is sponsoring two bills aimed at that goal, one serious and the other to make a point.
HB89 requires a political caucus to be open to the public if a quorum of the body is present and legislation is being discussed.
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From The Daily Herald:
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Democrats are making one final push to get the government records that were used in last year's redistricting process.
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From The Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah’s news media learned the public is passionately interested in protecting open government during 2011’s legislative session, when lawmakers rewrote Utah’s records law.
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From Salt Lake Tribune:
Debate over Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act — specifically on how to get around it — enlivened recent meetings of the staid Defined Contribution Risk Adjuster Board, or RAB.
The discussion offered an unusually candid glimpse at a ploy used by government entities to skirt the law: meeting without a quorum in closed subcommittees.
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