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Guest Column: Extreme Partisanship Is Hurting Wyoming Businesses
Rep. Trey Sherwood writes, “Many of my colleagues at the Capitol — and particularly in the radical Freedom Caucus — are actively trying to defund state agencies and programs that I have seen firsthand help Wyoming businesses flourish.”
CSD StaffMarch 04, 2024
Guest Column: Stop Playing Legislative Games
Guest columnist Rep. Harriet Hageman says the so-called border security bill "...was instead a classic bait and switch, whereby the Democrats received a windfall of additional funding for the military-industrial complex, Ukraine pork, and the ability to expedite the processing of illegal immigrants."
CSD StaffMarch 03, 2024
Guest Column: House Of Reason v. House Of Cards
Rep. Landon Brown writes, "You deserve to know what is happening with the budget bill. The type of wasteful grandstanding is exactly what we despise about our national Congress and now we are seeing it infiltrate Wyoming."
CSD StaffMarch 02, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Senate - No Longer Supportive of Energy Industries?
Guest columnist Rod Hendry writes, "In any event, [defunding the Energy Matching Fund] is a message that the Wyoming Senate no longer cares about the core Wyoming energy industries.
CSD StaffMarch 01, 2024
Guest Column: Fully Fund the 988 Suicide LIfeline and Save Lives
Guest columnist Rep. Jon Conrad writes, "By refusing to provide stable, long-term funding for the suicide lifeline, the Wyoming legislature is accepting the fact that loss of life is part of Wyoming culture. I refuse to accept that."
CSD StaffMarch 01, 2024
Guest Column: State Senate In Step With Wyoming Citizens
Sen. Cheri Steinmetz writes, "The way policies are vetted is through legislative process, not a budget footnote that creates a $430 million dollar slush fund for the governor."
CSD StaffFebruary 28, 2024
Guest Column: Do We Really Want Separate Mule Deer and Whitetail Hunting Seasons?
Guest columnist Earl DeGroot writes, "Senate File 111 proposes to offer separate licenses for mule deer and whitetail deer, whereas currently hunters must select one or the other. The bill is being debated with a lot of bias against whitetails."
CSD StaffFebruary 28, 2024
Guest Column: Bill Would Eliminate Property Taxes for Most Wyoming Residents
Guest columnist Steve Harshman writes, "This bill would create a $1 million exemption for single-family residences, thereby eliminating property taxes for 97 percent of Wyoming homeowners.
CSD StaffFebruary 24, 2024
Guest Column: Yes, Small Towns In Wyoming Should Exist
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "When discussing House Bill 70, Rep. Bear questioned if small towns need to receive funding from the state. He asked, 'should they exist?' Our answer is a resounding, Yes. Absolutely."
CSD StaffFebruary 19, 2024
Guest Column: Protecting The Kelly Parcel Is A Win-Win For Wyoming
Govs. Sullivan and Freudenthal write, "We urge the legislature to recognize the commitment of the Park Service and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and facilitate a sale to Grand Teton National Park."
CSD StaffFebruary 18, 2024
Guest Column: Senate Bill Will Ensure Equitable Access to Public School Facilities
Sens. Affie Ellis and Evie Brennan write, "This week, we introduced legislation to ensure our public-school facilities remain accessible for public use. It would prohibit school districts from charging excessive rental and usage fees for school district property."
CSD StaffFebruary 16, 2024
Molly Hughes: Help Me Convince County Commissioners To Say Yes To My Future Habitat Neighbors
Guest columnist Molly Hughes writes, "Teton County has the opportunity for 45 acres of free private land given to non-profit housing developers for needed housing, proposed to be given by the Gill Family as part of a long overdue housing development. But it’s unclear if the majority of Teton County Commissioners will allow that needed housing to happen."
CSD StaffFebruary 14, 2024
Guest Column: Budget, Property Tax Top Priorities During Legislative Budget Session
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "Let’s be clear. Wielding the budget as a political litmus test or for ideological chest-thumping is not being conservative. That’s obstructionism. That may fly in DC but not here in Cheyenne."
CSD StaffFebruary 13, 2024
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