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Salt Lake City’s system for requesting public documents is stuck in the analog past.
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Lexi Jones The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Salt Lake City Weekly. Salt Lake City receives thousands of records requests each year. They offer glimpses into city business that impacts residents’ daily lives—like the police reports that domestic violence victims can use to file a restraining order, the traffic collision information that a resident needs to file an insurance claim, not to mention the documents reporters use to pull back the curtain on affordable housing, public school spending, environmental contaminants and more.
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