• State Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne, decided he had enough on Tuesday and blasted some of his fellow members for not debating bills enough and taking “marching orders” on how to vote from Wyoming Freedom Caucus leadership.
• The final stretch of the 2025 Wyoming legislative session is approaching with the first 15 bills hitting Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk for approval. There are still 260 bills remaining to be decided.
• A bill to repeal Wyoming’s gun-free zone was unanimously approved by a Wyoming Senate committee on Tuesday, and will head to the Senate Floor.
• State Sen. Mike Gierau is a good example of a political underdog in the Wyoming Legislature. He’s one of only two Democrats in the Senate — and he’s also from Jackson.
• A bill to ban illegal immigrants from driving in Wyoming easily passed a Senate committee Tuesday.
• The Senate erased changes it had made on Friday to a universal school vouchers bill after President Donald Trump weighed in on the legislation. Income stipulations that put a cap on how much money a family could make and receive public money for their children to receive private education were removed from the bill on a 21-10 vote, returning to its original form of $7,000 per child.
• The House Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee unanimously advanced a bill providing $60 million to rebuild the LaPrele Dam near Douglas. A total of $50 million is being pulled away from a project at Alkali Creek Reservoir to help with the project. An amendment was passed to the bill Tuesday clarifying that demolition to the old dam can take place before the old one is built. The committee also removed funding for a $1 million study for the project. The Alkali Creek project will be delayed to 2026.
Leo Wolfson can be reached at leo@cowboystatedaily.com.
