House panel OKs bill to make political emails on government accounts public records

SALT LAKE CITY — A House committee on Friday approved a scaled-back version of a bill that would make politically-related personal communications on government-issued resources subject to open records requests.Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, drafted HB72 with the intent to discourage state and local officials and employees from using taxpayer-funded resources for personal political communications, such as campaigning."Their (government) email shouldn't be used for political purpose," Fa