Utah Lawmakers Shield Their Calendars

“For the Republican-controlled Utah legislature, it’s ‘trust, but you can’t verify’ when it comes to lawmakers and their official calendars,” the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

“During the recently-ended 2024 legislative session, Utah lawmakers appear to have developed a severe allergy to public scrutiny. To soothe any hives that may result from the prying eyes of the public or media, lawmakers approved several pieces of legislation to hide their activities or exempt themselves from the state’s public records laws.”