Julie Luchetta

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

Boise will continue to fly a pride flag in front of city hall, despite threats from the Attorney General. On Tuesday, Raúl Labrador urged Mayor Lauren McLean to comply with House Bill 96, which prohibits non-official flags from being displayed on governmental property. The statute, signed into law earlier this month, however, does not define the type of crime violators are committing nor which penalties they should face.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Julie Luchetta

Share More than 12 000,people packed the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa Monday night to attend Bernie Sanders’ “Fight the Oligarchy” tour. The Senator from Vermont was joined onstage by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez called the Trump administration’s willingness to deport citizens to foreign prisons without due process anti-American and bone-chilling. “This concentration of power, greed and corruption is oligarchy. It's oligarchy in America.

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

The Boise Train Depot is turning 100 years old. The station overlooking downtown, with its iconic bell tower and mission revival style architecture is marking the event with a four day celebration. On April 16t, 1925, crowds gathered at the Boise Depot to watch the first passenger train arrive into town. “It drew thousands of people. And Boise was a much smaller place at the time,” said Bonnie Shelton from Parks and Recreation.

2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

Pocatello Police made a press statement defending the weekend shooting of a 17 year old with autism. On Monday, his family reported to Local News 8 he was in critical condition. In a video circulating on social media, officers are seen opening fire within seconds of responding to a domestic disturbance call on Saturday. Pocatello Police Chief Roger Schei did not take questions on Monday afternoon and played the 911 call that dispatched the police.

3 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Julie Luchetta

On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it received notice the Trump administration was freezing $35 million in Title X funds for nine of its affiliates nationwide. Idaho is set to lose about $550 000 in federal funding. Established in the 1970s, Title X provides reproductive healthcare to low-income patients. It’s the only federal program that provides affordable birth control to impoverished people.