Missoula City Councilor Jennifer Savage sponsored a local ordinance to name the Pride flag as an official city flag, allowing it to fly on public property despite a new law. Savage stands here at a Missoula business flying the Pride flag near City Hall. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan)

Adoption this week of a new official city flag in Missoula means the rest of the state can display Pride flags in public buildings — despite a new law meant to restrict such displays.

On a 9-2 vote Monday night, Missoula City Council passed a resolution to adopt the Pride flag — as well “as flags representing portions” of the Pride flag — as an official flag of the Garden City.

The action by the city follows Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing of House Bill 819, which regulates which flags can be flown or di

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