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Guest Column: Appropriations Committee Trims Governor’s Proposals By Over $100 Million
Wyoming Appropriations Chairs Tara Nethercott and Bob Nicholas write, "Overall, the joint appropriations committee is recommending a budget for 2025-26 that spends $370 million less than the current 2023-24 budget."
CSD StaffFebruary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Mining Industries NOT Headed For Showdown Over Property Rights
Rep. Ben Hornok writes, "I would like to set the record straight about my House Bill 69, 'Mine permit and reclamation plan changes – landowner approval.'"
CSD StaffFebruary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Stories We Tell
Guest columnist Susan Stubson writes, "Is an obituary for the living or for the dead, an opportunity to rewrite grandma’s story or a last ditch attempt to make nicey nice with the one you couldn’t while they were alive?"
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Already Is Benefiting From Renewable Energy
Guest columnist and Rawlins Mayor Terry Weickum writes, "It’s long past time for an elitist state senator from Fremont County to stop his annual circus and to stop trying to undermine Carbon County’s economic future with his tired old disinformation about the renewable energy industry.
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: The Good Old Boy Glossary
Rep. Jeanette Ward writes, "A member of Wyoming’s 'good old boy' political class recently penned a column in Cowboy State Daily expressing disdain over the use of the terms 'elitist,' 'establishment,' 'RINO,' and 'Uniparty.' All of these terms are easily definable - I’ll defend their use any day."
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: Is It A Conservative Principle To Mislead The Public?
Rep. David Northrup writes, "In a recent op-ed Representative Jennings says he has 'been delighted to impart my knowledge of conservatism.' Is it a conservative principle to mislead the public?"
CSD StaffFebruary 09, 2024
Guest Column: No Labels And The Old Wyoming Way
Guest columnist Jane Hill writes, "No Labels stands for the 70 percent of Americans who are tired of being told what to think by the extremes of both the Democratic and Republican parties. We're not just an alternative; we're a reflection of Wyoming's independent spirit.
CSD StaffFebruary 09, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Needs A Better Deal From Renewable Energy
Sen. Cale Case writes, "We should not permit consumers in California, Oregon, and Washington to decide the fate of the landscapes we love because they want to use renewable energy to run their Jacuzzis and charge their Teslas."
CSD StaffFebruary 08, 2024
Guest Column: UW Is Doubling Down To Support Economic Growth In Wyoming
University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel writes, "As the state’s land-grant and only four-year institution of higher learning, the University of Wyoming adds significantly to the state’s economy and has for years supported growth in some of its most important market sectors."
CSD StaffFebruary 08, 2024
Guest Column: Gov. Gordon's 2025/2026 Budget Is Unaffordable And Unsustainable
Members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus write, "We have thoroughly reviewed the governor's budget and would ourselves describe it as unaffordable and unsustainable."
CSD StaffFebruary 07, 2024
Guest Column: Giving Wyoming Parents Choices In Their Child's Education
Rep. Martha Lawley writes, "Education is not one size fits all. The best public school can’t meet the needs of every child, and conversely, the best private school can’t meet the needs of every child. It is about having options.
CSD StaffFebruary 07, 2024
Guest Column: Don’t Be Smug, Wyoming; Biden’s Illegal Immigrant Invasion Is Closer Than You Think
Guest columnist Perry Pendley writes, "Denver will spend $180 million, 10% of its annual budget, giving illegal immigrants housing, food, and other services. As they push its illegal immigrant problem off on other jurisdictions, Wyoming should expect illegal aliens heading north to Cheyenne and Laramie."
CSD StaffFebruary 06, 2024
Guest Column: Senator Lummis Defends America First Against Wall Street
Guest columnist George David Banks writes, "Last month, Senator Cynthia Lummis voted to support the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency Act despite heavy lobbying from groups that oppose President Donald Trump’s America First trade agenda."
CSD StaffFebruary 02, 2024
Ashley Harpstreith: Wyoming Must Take A Measured Approach When Considering Property Tax
Guest columnist Ashley Harpstreith writes, "As the 67th Legislature once again considers Wyoming residential property tax proposals in the 2024 Budget Session, it is my hope that they will take into consideration all the contributing factors of the property tax system and the local services it provides."
CSD StaffFebruary 01, 2024
Jon Conrad: A Conservative Commitment to Energy Sovereignty and Affordability
Rep. Jon Conrad writes, "Senate File 24 is a declaration of Wyoming's right to prioritize its interests. It revolutionizes the role of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, empowering it to act preemptively, ensuring utility projects serve Wyoming first."
CSD StaffJanuary 30, 2024
Guest Column: Navigating Political Landscape in Wyoming: Voter Discernment Needed
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "Wyoming voters should be vigilant in scrutinizing not only the content of any political message – does it describe the Wyoming you actually live in? – but also its source."
CSD StaffJanuary 29, 2024
Guest Column: It’s Time for Collaboration Over Credit
Rep. Barry Crago writes, "I do not know which Washington, DC insider penned Rep. John Bear’s latest opinion piece in Cowboy State Daily. But whoever it is, he or she has no regard for the truth. The piece is scattered with lies and misrepresentations."
CSD StaffJanuary 28, 2024
Guest Column: Pressure Works -- WYFC Moves 30 Legislators over 15 Points in 3 Years!
Rep. John Bear writes, "Wyoming’s property tax system is immoral and needs reformed. Unfortunately, tax-and-spend insiders in both parties hold a majority in Cheyenne and see no need to reform the system."
CSD StaffJanuary 25, 2024
Guest Column: Lessons in Conservatism
Rep. Mark Jennings writes, "I have watched with great interest the dueling op-eds between conservatives in the Wyoming House and those members trying desperately to convince our state that they are conservative."
CSD StaffJanuary 25, 2024
Mandy Fabel: Are You An Illuminator Or A Diminisher? The People Around You Know.
Columnist Mandy Fabel writes, "There have been few homes I have walked into and received a more raucous greeting than that of Critter and Judy Murray of Casper, Wyoming."
Mandy FabelJanuary 24, 2024
Guest Column: There Are 187 Studies On Impact Of Education Choice
Guest columnist Chris Cargill writes, "Those across the political spectrum have recognized the need to provide kids with more options, whether they be public, private, religious, charter or magnet. Education choice means all the above. It does not mean shutting down public schools."
CSD StaffJanuary 23, 2024
Guest Column: Importance Of The High Plains Arboretum Cannot Be Overstated
Shane Smith, the founder of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens writes, "Now is a rare opportunity to preserve the history of the High Plains Arboretum as a Wyoming Historical Site or otherwise take the chance of losing it forever."
CSD StaffJanuary 20, 2024
Guest Column: Let's Be Serious -- A Conservative Commitment To Wyoming
Rep. Cyrus Western writes, "True conservatives believe in lower tax without hurting local governments, those closest to the people. At the same time, we protect Wyoming citizens from seeing their property tax increase simply because the value of their home increased."
CSD StaffJanuary 20, 2024
Guest Column: Property Tax And The 2024 Legislative Session
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "As the leaders of our chambers, we have made responsible residential property tax relief and reform our number one non-budget priority."
CSD StaffJanuary 19, 2024