Payments from gambling profits made to schools by Indian tribes can be kept secret, according to the Idaho Attorney General. The attorney general issued that opinion last month in response to a query made by Sen. Bart Davis over a public records request submitted to the Idaho State Lottery Commission by two Idaho newspapers. The lottery commission denied requests for the information from this newspaper and the Post Register in Idaho Falls. The Gazette Record asked the commission for its records relating to payments made by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to local schools. The tribe is required by law to donate “5 percent of its annual net gaming income for the support of local educational programs and schools on or near the reservation.” Area schools had not received money from the tribe since 2009. Tribal officials said donations had been made, but would not reveal which school districts received the money/St. Maries Gazette Record. More here.

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