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Salt Lake City and Boise, two Democratic-controlled cities, have adopted the Pride flag as their official city flags in response to Republican-sponsored state laws barring unsanctioned flags ...
BOISE, Idaho — On Tuesday, Boise City Council members approved a resolution designating three flags, including the Pride flag, as official flags of the City of Trees. The vote comes amid ongoing ...
City leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City on May 6 introduced new official flags to support LGBTQ+ rights, sidestepping laws in both states that prohibit the display of pride flags and other so ...
its existing flag, as well as modified versions of the Progress Pride, Transgender Pride and Juneteenth flags – each including the city's signature sego lily. They were presented by Mayor Erin ...
The City Council in Salt Lake City approved three new flags: one with the rainbow colors of the Pride flag, a second with the pink and blue of the transgender Pride flag and a third with a symbol ...
"My sincere intent is not to provoke or cause division," the city's mayor told the city council. "My intent is to represent our city's values with honor." Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall ...
Two progressive cities in red states found a workaround that allows LGBTQ+ Pride and Juneteenth flags to fly on government property despite state laws banning them. Photo by Tong Su via Unsplash ...
A pride flag flies at the Salt Lake City & County Building on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch) BOISE, Idaho — The day the flag bill came up for a vote in the Idaho ...
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has added a new line of attack in her showdown with the state’s legislators and attorney general over the city’s display of an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside City Hall.