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Utah's Government Records Office faces delays, doubling appeal resolution times.

The office replaced the State Records Committee but struggles with leadership delays.

The office has denied 60% of appeals; the former State Records Committee had a 50% denial rate.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's newly formed Government Records Office was designed to streamline the state's public records appeals process. But a KSL Investigators review shows that while the office is actively holding hearings and issuing decisions, the time it takes to resolve appeals has more than doubled — likely due to months without a functioning committee and delays in leadership appointments by the state Legislature and the governor.

For roughly three months, Government Records Office Director Lonny Pehrson has

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