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Your attendance is encouraged at Pocatello town hall this weekend – East Idaho News
POCATELLO – The last Democrat representing Pocatello voters will hold an event this weekend to hear what issues are most important to them.
Sen. James Ruchti is hosting a non-partisan town hall on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. It will be held in the council chambers of Pocatello City Hall.
Ruchti will share some opening thoughts at the beginning of the meeting, along with what he thinks are the most important issues facing the state. The public can chime in with their thoughts as well.
“This is open to everybody, all constituents. You don’t have to be somebody who is a Democrat or a Republican to come visit and share your thoughts,” Ruchti said.
Some issues that Ruchti plans to bring up first are what he calls the school vouchers proposals headed through the legislature this session. This would allow families to use public funds to pay for private school.
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“(School vouchers are) a dramatic shift in how we have funded public education. If we go down this road … those monies (will compete) with our traditional neighborhood schools,” Ruchti said. “Everybody needs to be aware of it. You don’t want this to happen, and hopefully it won’t.”
“As the population increases and as our tax revenues increase, are we spending the right amount of money to maintain our infrastructure? That’s roads and bridges, that’s school facilities and teachers and court systems,” he adds. “We just have to constantly be vigilant about what we do with our tax revenues. And if we’re gonna do tax cuts, they should probably be targeted and done smartly.”
Ruchti expects a wide variety of issues to be brought up in the town hall.
“In a democracy, people have different interests. I’m sure people (who) show up (will) have something they want to share with us,” Ruchti said.
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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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