A culinary program is back in line seeking state money despite a highly critical audit and declining student participation

The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.Seven months after it was called out in a critical legislative audit for questionable spending of public dollars, the Utah Restaurant Association is back asking state lawmakers for more than $400,000 in appropriations.The money is to run ProStart, a culinary education program for high school students looking for careers in the food-service industry. While the audit