• A legislative task force proposed several bills seeking to "balance privacy rights against the right of access to information" — co-chairman, Sen. Dave Thomas, R-South Weber
• Media coalition fought many of the changes suggested by the task force and individual lawmakers, arguing they would make public records secret.
• The Utah Media Coalition, of which the Deseret Morning News was a member, worked to eliminate "the worst of these proposals," said coalition attorney Jeff Hunt.
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