Rebecca Boone

3 days ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Hannah Schoenbaum |Rebecca Boone |Rebecca Boone

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings. Utah's capital of Salt Lake City created new flag designs while Boise, the capital of Idaho, made the traditional pride flag one of its official city flags.

2 months ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Rebecca Boone |Rebecca Boone

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2 months ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Rebecca Boone |Martha Bellisle |Rebecca Boone

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Republican-hosted legislative town hall meeting in northern Idaho descended into chaos after three plainclothes security workers forcibly removed a woman who was heckling the speakers. The incident Saturday at Coeur d'Alene High School, first reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press, drew widespread attention after videos of the turbulence were posted online.