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Free webinar on using state transparency website
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Free webinar on using state transparency website

Transparent Utah is a site that can show you everything from the highest paid salaries of government officials to how different government agencies are spending taxpayer dollars. You can explore per-student spending patterns across the state, analyze property assessments across the state and compare costs for common healthcare procedures in your community. It’s an incredible...

Spending your tax dollars to hide government secrets
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Spending your tax dollars to hide government secrets

The following was written by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Utah lawmakers are not only trying to close off your access to records about how the government does (or doesn’t) work — they want you to pay the bill for it. Two bills are taking direct aim at the...

Some of Cox’s Cabinet members don’t disclose siblings’ business connections
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Some of Cox’s Cabinet members don’t disclose siblings’ business connections

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. State officials are required to disclose if their “immediate family” are involved in businesses that could receive public funding. Recently obtained records, however, show that some heads of state agencies have interpreted the disclosure rules to mean they...

State refuses to release conflict-of-interest records for Cox’s cabinet
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State refuses to release conflict-of-interest records for Cox’s cabinet

The following story was reported by the Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KSL.com. SALT LAKE CITY — The people who run Utah’s state agencies are required to disclose possible conflicts of interest. But the governor’s office apparently doesn’t think the public has the right to know what those are. In a highly unusual...

Free webinar on understanding public meetings 9/19
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Free webinar on understanding public meetings 9/19

Want to get involved in your community but don’t know where to start? Start by showing up! There are public meetings all over the state from city council meetings and zoning boards to legislative hearings and more. Join us for a free webinar on Sept. 19 from 12-1 pm to learn how to find meetings...

Southern Utah town’s apocalyptic spending project raises eyebrows.
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Southern Utah town’s apocalyptic spending project raises eyebrows.

  By Sara Tabin The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Spectrum & Daily News and the Salt Lake City Weekly. The past couple years have been rife with existential threats for Utahns—earthquakes, wildfires, supply chain shortages—not to mention multiple waves of coronavirus surges. It’s been enough...

Former Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson loses battle to keep investigations private
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Former Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson loses battle to keep investigations private

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. A criminal investigation that stretched from fall 2017 to May 2018 scrutinizing allegations that former Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson had misused government resources for his own benefit ultimately yielded no charges. Investigators looked at whether Gibson...

Kerry Gibson’s time over Utah Agriculture Dept. marked by employee turmoil and spending increases
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Kerry Gibson’s time over Utah Agriculture Dept. marked by employee turmoil and spending increases

The following story was written and researched by Cathy McKitrick of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. During Kerry Gibson’s nine months as commissioner over Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food, staff shake-ups took a toll on morale, travel spending went up and financial audits flagged a spike in...