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GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY:
Setting the Record Straight

IDOG workshops are back! Here are our upcoming seminars:

  • WED. Nov. 19, 1-3:30 p.m. MT - Campaign Finance & Lobbying - The rules and how to access data. With: PHIL MCGRANE, Idaho Secretary of State
  • WED. Dec. 17, 1-3:30 p.m. MT - TRANSPARENT IDAHO/TOWNHALL IDAHO - How to access public data, meeting info online for free. With: BRANDON WOOLF, Idaho State Controller
  • FRI. Jan. 16, 10 a.m.-12:30 MT - IDAHO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT The law and the public’s rights. With: ANDY SNOOK, General Counsel for Gov. Brad Little and BETSY RUSSELL, IDOG president
  • TUES. Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 MT - IDAHO OPEN MEETING LAW with: Betsy, Andy, and BRIAN KANE
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Boise-area library board removes book without vote, raising open meeting law questions

November 25, 2025

In a small basement room, under a low ceiling lined with white Christmas lights, four members of a library board huddled around a table. The board, like many others in the wake of a 2024 Idaho law governing library materials deemed “harmful to minors,” was grappling with a patron’s request to pull a book from library shelves.
From the Idaho Statesman

BSU public records request leads to rare, costly court dispute

November 12, 2025

On Feb. 7, mathematics education professor Michele Carney filed a public records request with Boise State University — seeking emails, meeting notes and a variety of investigative documents.
From Idaho EdNews

Public invited to series of free government transparency workshops

November 9, 2025

Idahoans for Openness in Government, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane, and Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf invite the public to attend a series of four workshops on government transparency, all free to attend, and all streamed live statewide, with the first session set for Nov. 19 to focus on Idaho campaign finance reporting. The campaign finance session, like the others, will take place in the Lincoln Auditorium of the Idaho State Capitol and will be streamed live online in partnership with Idaho Public Television, at idahoptv.org/insession. The lead presenter for this first session will be Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane, assisted by Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf, IDOG President Betsy Russell, and Attorney Andy Snook, chief counsel for Idaho Gov. Brad Little. The session will run from 1-3:30 p.m. MT.
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