Idaho
Anthon named to top Idaho Senate leadership post
The Idaho Senate will be under new leadership for the first time in four years as state Sen. Kelly Anthon was named president pro tempore during caucus leadership elections Wednesday night.
Anthon, a Republican from Burley, succeeds former Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Winder, R-Boise, who was defeated by a challenger in his legislative district in the May 21 Republican primary election.
Republicans in the Idaho Senate elected three other leadership members Wednesday, all of whom will be in new positions.
Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, will be Senate majority leader. Sen. Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs, moves from caucus chair to assistant majority leader. Sen. Ben Toews, R-Coeur d’Alene, will step in as caucus chair.
In the House of Representatives, Republican House Speaker Mike Moyle, R-Star, and House Majority Leader Jason Monks, R-Meridian, retained their leadership posts, according to a press release issued Wednesday night by Rep. Jaron Crane, R-Nampa.
Rep. Josh Tanner, R-Eagle, was named House assistant majority leader, replacing former Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay. Crane was named House caucus chairman, succeeding Rep. Dustin Manwaring, R-Pocatello.
Anthon takes over responsibilities of the the Idaho Senate
Anthon was elected the new president pro tempore – or pro tem, for short – during caucus leadership elections Wednesday night, Sen. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, said.
Anthon is expected to be officially installed in his new leadership position during today’s organizational session of the Legislature at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Wednesday’s caucus elections took place in private.
The president pro tem is the highest ranking member of the Idaho Senate and presides over the Idaho Senate when the state’s lieutenant governor is away. The president pro tempore also is second in line of succession to the governor, following the lieutenant governor. The president pro tem is also called to serve as acting governor when the governor and lieutenant governor cannot perform their jobs, like when they are both out of the state.
In general, members of leadership have great influence in the Idaho Legislature over which bills move forward and which do not and which legislators serve on which committees.
Anthon, who is beginning his sixth term in the Idaho Legislature, formerly served as Idaho Senate majority leader – the No. 2 ranking leadership position behind the pro tem. Anthon is a licensed attorney who works professionally as the city administrator for the town of Rupert.
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BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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