Deema Zein:
Just two blocks away sits the Idaho State Capitol, where the legislature voted overwhelmingly to pass H.B.96, a bill that bans — quote — “governmental entities” from displaying any flags other than the U.S. flag, state and local flags, the POW flag, or those from military branches and Native tribes. Schools may also display their own banners.
Idaho’s Republican attorney general warns Boise’s mayor to take down the flag or face penalties when the state legislature comes back in session.
Raul Labrador (R), Idaho Attorney General: It’s going to cost the community and the city money for violating the law, and she doesn’t pay it out of her pocket. It’s going to cost the citizens of Boise, and I think that’s shameful.
