Archive for October, 2005

Program focuses on access to information

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

What government meetings are open? When can elected officials close a meeting to the public? What records can you access? Idaho has open meetings and public records laws, but the people who want to deny access and the people who want access sometimes interpret the laws differently…

From the Idaho Press-Tribune

UI student senate to continue keeping meetings open

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

The University of Idaho student senate has decided to keep its meetings open to the public. Voting Wednesday, the Senate shot down a proposal that would have stamped out the body’s voluntary adherence to Idaho’s open meeting law…

From the Associated Press

Public officials need to respect Idaho’s Open Meeting Law

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

The attorney general stood up for the Open Meeting Law � and sent a message to politicians statewide � when he accused Ada County commissioners of holding an illegal closed meeting…

Editorial from The Idaho Statesman, Sept. 30, 2005