Overview
- Boise City Hall installed pride-colored pole wraps and interior signs that leaders say are not flags and therefore follow the state’s restrictions.
- Idaho’s new statute, HB 561, authorizes fines of $2,000 per day for any unapproved flag and blocks city flags adopted after 2023.
- Republican Rep. Ted Hill, who wrote HB 561, said the wraps are acceptable and that he will not seek extra penalties for Boise’s workaround.
- Reporters have asked Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Raúl Labrador how enforcement will work, with no clear guidance provided so far.
- The city says the lighting and wraps evoke the Progress Pride palette, with the project costing about $6,000 from existing funds.