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Half of protesters move upstairs after two arrests

'Add the Words' protesters block the entrance to the 4th floor Senate public gallery on Thursday (Betsy Russell)

Half of the ‘Add the Words’ protesters blocking the main entrance to the Idaho Senate chamber on the 3rd floor of the state capitol have moved upstairs, and are now blocking the 4th floor gallery entrance, after two protesters were arrested on the fourth floor for blocking that entrance. Meanwhile, the formal Idaho State Police ceremony on the 2nd floor to mark the ISP’s 75th anniversary has begun, and is resounding through the rotunda.

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