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Boise mayor threatens legal action on Idaho law that bans Pride flag

Boise mayor threatens legal action on Idaho law that bans Pride flag

Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has doubled down on the city’s decision to keep an LGBTQ+ Pride flag flying outside City Hall, despite a new state law banning the display of unofficial flags on government property, and threatened to take legal action against the new law in a letter to the state’s attorney general. McLean on Thursday posted a response to Attorney General Raul Labrador’s letter that ...

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Boise mayor threatens legal action on Idaho law that bans Pride flag

Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has doubled down on the city’s decision to keep an LGBTQ+ Pride flag flying outside City Hall, despite a new state law banning the display of unofficial flags on government property, and threatened to take legal action against the new law in a letter to the state’s attorney general. McLean on Thursday posted a response to Attorney General Raul Labrador’s letter that ...
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China is Idaho’s seventh-largest export partner. What could tariffs mean?

While the Trump administration continues to paint China as the primary loser in an ongoing trade war, experts and economists are asking a broader question: Could U.S. states that trade with China — like Idaho — be facing significant impacts? President Donald Trump has put a 145% import tax on China, and in return China has placed a 125% tariff on U.S. goods. The tit-for-tat trade war isn’t the ...

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GOP ‘rising star’ or behind ‘the worst legislation’ in Idaho? Meet Jordan Redman

Jordan Redman was late for an Idaho House committee meeting.The chairman, Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, called the morning Health and Welfare Committee meeting to order that day in March, with one member short. He paused, noticing the Coeur d’Alene Republican’s absence. “I’m sure he’s at another committee introducing another RS,” he said, a term for draft legislation.
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Judge in Kohberger Idaho murder case rules on ‘bushy eyebrows’ testimony

One of the two surviving roommates of four University of Idaho students who were killed will be allowed to testify at suspect Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial that the intruder she saw inside their off-campus home had “bushy eyebrows,” the presiding judge ruled Friday. Ada County Judge Steven Hippler said that the roommate’s testimony was “remarkably consistent” over the course of five ...
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Idaho medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Ryan Cole ends in legal agreement

Attorneys in a lawsuit against Idaho pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole for his alleged false cancer diagnosis that led a woman to undergo major surgery reached an agreement to dismiss the case. But almost no information about the agreement is public. Idaho 4th District Judge James Cawthon on April 10 agreed to dismiss the medical malpractice lawsuit, following a stipulation between attorneys on both ...
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Crappy start, happy ending: How Boise-area plumbers saved an engagement ring

Garden City couple Garrett Chadderdon and Noelle Storey had largely given up hope when they made the call to Plumbing Solutions of Idaho. In a freak accident, Storey had mistakenly flushed her 3-carat marquise diamond engagement ring down the toilet the night before. They knew the chances of retrieving it were highly unlikely. But plumber Dylan Arteaga and her boss, Andy Sifford, had a plan — ...
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Boise is still flying Pride flag. Citing new law, Idaho AG sends warning letter

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador told the city of Boise it could lose state money if it continues to fly the Pride flag outside City Hall, and he sent a letter to Mayor Lauren McLean telling her to comply with a new state law. Idaho lawmakers this session passed House Bill 96, which allows government entities to display only certain flags, such as the American flag, state flag, city flag ...
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This Idaho man faces deportation to a country that doesn’t want him

A 40-year-old Twin Falls resident with a criminal history who’s facing deportation could soon be stateless, with no legal right to be anywhere. Binod Shah first came to the U.S. as a refugee, fleeing ethnic cleansing in his home country. He moved to Twin Falls in 2008 and could now be forced to leave his wife and 9-month-old son after he turned himself into Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...