Guest Columnists

Guest Column: Does Wyoming Intend To Build A Future Worth Staying For?

Wyoming Business Council CEO Josh Dorrell writes, "My four kids are developing their own relationships with Wyoming. Statistically, at least two of them will leave, as two out of three Wyoming kids do. I hope they defy the odds. That's why this job is personal."

Guest Column: Let's Make the Data Center Debate Count

Cheyenne LEADS CEO Betsey Hale writes, "Wyoming loses too many of its young people. They graduate, find a career elsewhere, and leave. Data centers, done right, are a chance to change that. A chance to build an economy where our kids and grandkids can stay."

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Guest Column: Wyoming, America’s Secret Rare Earth Resource

Guest columnist Mel Sanderson writes, "Wyoming is like a secret weapon. We have some of North America’s largest rare earth deposits under development, including Halleck Creek (American Rare Earths), Bear Lodge (Rare Earth Elements) and Brook Mine (Ramaco)."

Guest Column: America at 250 — Remembering Our Past and Building Our Future Together

Cheyenne City Councilman Jeff White writes, "As we celebrate America’s 250th Birthday this week, I find myself reflecting not only on our nation's past, but also on its future. Like many Americans, I sometimes worry that we spend too much time focusing on our differences and too little time recognizing our shared values."

Guest Column: Wyoming Finally Exposed The True Cost of Student Activities

Chase Christensen writes, "If Wyoming believes activities are essential to education, the funding model should reflect that reality instead of relying on a compromise that partially restores a system that never fully funded them."

Guest Column: The Freedom Caucus Agenda?

Rep. Tomi Strock writes, "When I learned that a few attorneys paid for billboards across the state urging people to “stop the Freedom Caucus agenda,” I thought it was a waste of money. I’m proud of what the Freedom Caucus has accomplished."

Guest Column: The Importance Of An Independent Judiciary

U.S. District Judges Alan Johnson, Kelly Rankin, and Scott Skavdahl write, "The Framers of the Constitution understood that freedom cannot survive if judges are merely extensions of political power. History demonstrates why that independence matters."

Guest Column: The 4% Property Tax Cap Breaks Wyoming’s Promise of Equal Taxation

Rep. Liz Storer writes, "By artificially limiting how much a property’s assessed value can increase each year, the cap creates a system where two homes of identical market value can be taxed very differently based solely on how long they have been owned."

Guest Column: Wyoming Can Save Its Rural Hospitals

Dr. John Mansell writes, "Direct support for Wyoming’s 25 public hospitals operating at a loss pays for itself. The current system causes this problem, and it is not these hospitals’ fault that they lose money. Our legislature is smart and nimble enough to fix this problem."

Guest Column: The Cost Of Cutting Champions

The Jackson Hole Speech and Debate team writes, "From soccer to FFA to speech and debate to All Northwest Musicians, Wyoming has a long history of excellence. Besides outstanding students, these activities all have something else in common: Proposed financial changes to the Wyoming High School Activities Association would fundamentally rewrite the way that students are able to participate."

Guest Column: Calm Down And Make Data Centers Play By The Rules

Guest columnist Rex Arney writes, "Data centers bring substantial capital investment, generate tax revenues, support construction employment, and help diversify Wyoming's economy. The economic benefits are real."

Guest Column: Wyoming Should Not Fear Artificial Intelligence Or Data Centers

Guest columnist Matt Micheli writes, "By embracing data center development, strengthening energy infrastructure, and supporting American technology companies in AI development, we secure economic growth and create more opportunities for Wyoming communities."

Guest Column: Managing Data Centers to Protect Wyoming Way While Securing Our Economic Future

Gov. Mark Gordon writes, "Data centers are not new to Wyoming. For over 20 years, this industry has maintained a proven track record here, quietly employing Wyoming citizens, diversifying our economy, and providing stable, high-paying technology careers."

Guest Column: Gordon Gets It Wrong Again by Trying to Fast-Track Data Centers

Sen. Cheri Steinmetz writes, "Despite public concern over water, electricity rates, land use, infrastructure impacts, the governor appears determined to fast-track data centers under the banner of doing it 'the Wyoming way.'"

Guest Column: I Grew Up on This Land. I'll Continue to Protect It.

Prometheus Hyperscale founder Trenton Thornock writes, "My family has ranched in Uinta County for six generations. When people in Evanston and Casper raise concerns about what a proposed data center means for Wyoming's water, I'm here to talk about it."

Guest Column: Hunger Doesn’t Take Vacations

First Lady Jennie Gordon writes, "If we believe in feeding children during the school year, we must believe in feeding them during the summer. Hunger does not take a vacation.”

Guest Column: Why We Need A Special Prosecutor To Investigate Chuck Gray

Guest columnist George Powers writes, "I have asked the attorney general to hand this case to an independent, disinterested, special prosecutor, someone who will not be encumbered with any conflicting duty owed to Secretary of State Chuck Gray."

Guest Column: Make Your Independent Vote Count

Guest columnist Pete Illoway writes, "Wyoming independents who care about this state's future might want to seriously consider re-registering as Republicans by May 13 so you can vote in the election that will decide 90% of our leaders in 2026."

Guest Column: Why Did I Vote To Let Hungry Kids Starve?

Rep. Ken Pendergraft writes, "Why did I vote to let hungry kids starve? Who in their right mind would deny food to a hungry child?  Certainly, I would not, so why did I vote against Sun Bucks?"

Guest Column: Judge Forgey Doesn’t Deserve to Die

Guest Columnist Ryan Semerad writes: “On my drive to the office each day, I pass the Wellspring clinic in Casper. I see peaceful protesters carrying signs reading: 'Pray to end abortion.' Pray. Not kill to end abortion."

Guest Column: Wyoming Powered America for a Century. It’s Not Done Yet.

Guest columnist Betsey Hale writes, "The digital economy needs power. Wyoming has it. The question is whether we are going to compete hard enough to make sure the investment lands here rather than somewhere else."

Guest Column: The Blueprint of Prosperity — Originalism, Accountability And The American Miracle

Guest columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Recently, 110 signators put their names to a letter targeting me and the Freedom Caucus. While political opposition is natural, such coordinated efforts often reveal a frustrating modern reality: a willingness to bypass rigorous, constitutional debate in favor of public posturing."