Great news from Boise, Idaho! The City Council passed a resolution designating the Pride flag and the Donate Life flag as official flags of the City of Boise. This puts these two flags alongside the traditional blue City of Boise flag featuring the Idaho State Capitol as official flags of the city’s government.
According to Boise dev, “This move comes after weeks of tension over Mayor Lauren McLean’s decision to continue flying the Progress Pride flag in front of city hall in defiance of HB 96 brought by Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard. That bill, passed in the 2025 legislative session, restricted the flags local governments in Idaho can fly to a specific list of flags, including the United States flag, the State of Idaho flag, official city flags, the POW/MIA flag, branches of the U.S. military, Indian tribal flags, flags for colleges, universities or public schools and the flags of other nations for special occasions.”
The Boise City Council met Tuesday night in front of a standing room only crowd dotted with rainbows and the United States flag alike to pass the resolution supporting McLean’s move to designate the two new flags.
The resolution passed by a 5 to 1 vote. Congratulations Boise!
