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Bigots fight as pro-LGBTQ+ singer hijacks “Heterosexual Awesomeness” festival
LGBTQ Nation - California
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June 23, 2025
A Boise, Idaho “Heterosexual Awesomeness” festival drew paltry attendance last Saturday, attracting only “dozens” of attendees despite its promises of “live music, food trucks, kid-friendly chaos, and hard-hitting talks.” At one point during the...
BYU-Idaho students organize Rexburg Meltdown
BYUI - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
BYU-Idaho students organize a music festival in effort to build connection and community. Students Seth Chamberlain and Blake Johnson assembled Rexburg Meltdown which will feature 16 bands and two acoustic singers spanning multiple genres....
Health and Human Services investigates Michigan health group for religious discrimination
Catholic News Agency
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June 23, 2025
CNA Staff, Jun 23, 2025 / 18:43 pm The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating a Michigan health care provider for allegedly firing a medical professional who refused to participate in sex reassignment surgeries....
A Boise Bar’s “Hetero Awesome Fest” Was a Straight-Up Flop
them. - New York
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June 23, 2025
Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. The heteros have never been more upseteros, after a musician interrupted an anti-LGBTQ+ “straight pride” event in Idaho by playing a song in...
Two Idaho teens missing in connection with FLDS church
Scroll - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
Two Idaho teens, Allen Fischer, 13, and Rachelle Fischer, 15, went missing Sunday from Monetville, ID, according to an Amber Alert sent out Monday afternoon. Their mother, Elizabeth Roundy, told ABC4 News that she believes the teens were taken to...
Idaho organizers call it 'something small' and 'meaningful,' but the hero is very big and very green
Boise State Public Radio - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
If it weren't for the fact that it was a cartoon, the drama was tangible: an antagonist with a penchant for tyranny has issued a decree to rid his kingdom of “others.” Additionally, he has used his power to persecute the "others," displacing them...
AMBER Alert issued for 2 children in Eastern Idaho
ABC 6 - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
MONTEVIEW, Idaho — Idaho State Police have issued an Amber Alert for two children — 13-year-old Allen Fischer and 15-year-old Rachelle Fisher. ISP says the pair was last seen at 7 p.m. on June 22 in Monteview, Idaho in Jefferson County. Reports...
Missing teens believed to be heading to Utah over 'religious beliefs'
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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June 23, 2025
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Idaho — An AMBER Alert has been issued for two missing Idaho teens who are believed to be heading to Utah over what law enforcement officials say are "religious beliefs." Rachelle Leray Fischer, 15, and Allen Larand Fischer, 13,...
An Idaho mother's fight for family reunification amid immigration challenges
IdahoNews
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BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Victoria Sethunya, a native of Lesotho, has become a vocal advocate for immigration reform in the United States, sharing her struggles as a legal permanent resident and mother of a son who was deported. Sethunya immigrated to...
Du Bois Museum Foundation marks 40th anniversary of memorial centre for Pan-African culture
Joy FM
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June 23, 2025
The W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation, in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the J.J. Rawlings Foundation, has marked the 40th anniversary of the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture with a grand...
SCOTUS result on religious charter school maintains ‘status quo’ in Idaho
Idaho Education News - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
Idaho charter school advocates are relieved after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively closed an avenue for public charter schools to be religious. Closed it for now, anyway. Last month, an evenly divided Supreme Court kept in place an Oklahoma...
Missing Idaho teens believed to be headed to Utah for religious reasons, deputies say
IdahoNews
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MONTEVIEW, Idaho (KUTV) — Two teens have been reported missing from Monteview, Idaho after sheriff's deputies said they may have gone south to Utah, due to what they described as "religious beliefs." The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said it...
Consequences for failed promises
Idaho Education News - Idaho
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June 24, 2025
Remember? Even before the 2025 legislative session began, Republican representatives met to strategize the Rube Goldberg voucher machine that produced the Idaho Parental Choice Tax credit. It’s amazing what can be accomplished with closed-door...
The Idaho Teacher Who Refused to Back Down
NEA Today
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There Was No Good Reason Nobody actually complained about Inama’s poster. Ever. It came to her principal’s attention in January after parents at another West Ada school complained on social media about a different bulletin board—one with rainbows...
There’s never a dull moment in the Idaho political scene nowadays
Idaho Education News - Idaho
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June 23, 2025
Idaho’s governing leadership certainly keeps things lively in these troubled times. In the last couple of months, we have witnessed JFAC, the legislative budget committee, setting spending levels before knowing how much revenue might come in, Rep....
Missing Idaho teens believed to be traveling to Utah FLDS community, Amber Alert issued
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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June 23, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY – An Amber Alert has been issued in Idaho for two Monteview teenagers who are believed to be traveling to Utah, “due to religious beliefs,” according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Police believe the pair may be traveling...
Missing Idaho teens believed to be headed to Cache Valley for religious reasons, deputies say
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Idaho — An AMBER Alert has been issued for two teenagers who could be travelling from southeast Idaho to northern Utah, according to law enforcement. The two teens were reported missing from Monteview, Idaho after sheriff's...
U of I, tech company agree to carve up valuable IP addresses
Idaho Education News - Idaho
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June 24, 2025
The University of Idaho and an Iowa-based company have agreed to carve up a disputed — but valuable — block of IP addresses. No money will change hands. And the U of I plans to sell off its share of the IP addresses. The State Board of Education...
Senate approves rural schools funding bill
Idaho Education News - Idaho
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June 24, 2025
The Senate has voted to extend payments to schools in timber country, in Idaho and across the nation. Last week’s unanimous Senate vote now leaves the fate of the Secure Rural Schools program in the hands of the House. “(This) is a critical first...
Sparse crowds, stage disruption at ‘Hetero Awesome Fest’ in Boise
Q Salt Lake Magazine - Utah
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June 23, 2025
A self-proclaimed celebration of “family values” turned into a weekend of sparse turnout and a minor public disruption at Boise’s Hetero Awesome Fest, held June 20–21 in Cecil D. Andrus Park, across from the Idaho State Capitol. The two-day event,...