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Judge orders IDOC to disclose execution drug source, rules public records withheld in bad faith
March 21, 2019
A district court judge has ordered the Idaho Department of Correction to release an array of documents it denied in a 2017 records request — and included in those documents is the name of a source for chemicals used in a 2012 execution. The judge’s order also ruled the department’s deputy director acted frivolously and that its public information officer acted in bad faith in denying the public records request.
From the Idaho Press
What’s in a text? For Sunshine Week, the Idaho Press found out
March 17, 2019
This weekend marks the end of Sunshine Week, an initiative the American Society of News Editors started in 2005 to start a discussion about openness and transparency in government.
From the Idaho Press
Idaho high court says defamation can be implied
March 7, 2019
The Idaho Supreme Court says individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied — but didn’t outright say — something defamatory.
From the Associated Press
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The People’s Right to Know
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