IDOG

Forty-one attorneys general — including Idaho’s own Lawrence Wasden — support a federal shield law for journalists.

And on Monday, they wrote a letter to key senators, urging them to get moving on a shield law.

As the a.g.’s point out, shield laws that allow reporters to protect the anonymity of unnamed sources “advance a public policy favoring the free flow of information to the public.” Idaho and 48 other states already have shield laws, but a.g.’s make a strong argument on the need for a federal law.

From the IdahoStatesman.com

Television station KTVB in Boise calls itself “Idaho’s news channel,” but it acts like anything but a news organization.

Editorial from the Lewiston Morning Tribune

Recent talks between officials with former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and the Idaho State Historical Society finally could open Kempthorne’s gubernatorial records, which he has controlled since leaving office two years ago.

From the Idaho Statesman

Curtis Massood wasn’t looking for a fight when he asked Ada County for permission to build a billboard adjacent to a small coffee shop at 1035 E. Fairview Ave.

But he got one.

From the Idaho Statesman

BOISE – The “Open Idaho” project is the winner of the 1st Amendment Award from the Idaho Press Club, announced on Saturday at the club’s annual awards banquet in Boise.

Two years ago, the Idaho Attorney General’s office told Dirk Kempthorne to give his gubernatorial records to the Idaho State Historical Society - like every governor before him.

Kempthorne never complied.

From the Idaho Statesman

The public should be able to know results of the psychological exam that will help decide whether admitted murderer Joseph Duncan is competent to act as his own attorney in his sentencing hearing, lawyers for Idaho and Washington news organizations said Friday.

Click here to read the brief.

From the Spokesman-Review

The U.S. Attorney for Idaho says the courtroom should be closed to the public during any testimony from Shasta Groene at the death penalty proceedings for confessed killer Joseph Duncan.

From the Spokesman-Review

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said the Legislature needs to act during its next session to address ambiguities in the state’s open meeting law that can make enforcement difficult.

From the Lewiston Tribune

The Idaho Attorney General’s office is investigating claims Cassia County commissioners in November 2006 broke state laws governing public meetings when they voted to change address coordinates in the Jackson area to fit Cassia County’s grid.

From the Times-News