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Driskill Boots Kinskey To Curb, Will Name Nethercott As Chair Of Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate President Ogden Driskill stripped Sen. Dave Kinskey of his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee for not attending a meeting in person. Driskill said he will appoint Sen. Tara Nethercott in his place.
Leo WolfsonApril 28, 2023
Eathorne Says He’ll Expose Fake Republicans If Reelected To Lead Wyoming GOP
Wyoming Republican Party Chairman Frank Eathorne says it’s his duty to strictly follow the majority will of his members that decide the party’s platform, and hold elected state GOP officials to the same standard. The two-time party GOP leader faces opposition if he's to win a third term.
Leo WolfsonApril 27, 2023
Wyoming Governor, Attorney General Want To Block Chuck Gray From Abortion Ban In Court
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray has asked to help defend Wyoming's abortion ban in a lawsuit against it, but Gov. Mark Gordon and his Attorney General say this exceeds Gray's lawful duties and will "muddy the waters."
Clair McFarlandApril 27, 2023
Gordon Wants More Treatment, Not Jail, For Criminal Offenses In Wyoming
Gov. Mark Gordon and top court officials say a pilot mental health program set to launch in Gillette in 2024 will keep people from sitting too long in county jails instead of having mental health issues addressed, which Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, calls "an astounding waste of resources."
Leo WolfsonApril 27, 2023
Disgraced Former Rock Springs Mayor Was Inspiration For Making Interference With Public Contracts A Felony In Wyoming
Rep. Clark, Stith, R-Rock Springs, said former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo, who was sentenced Tuesday for official misconduct and conflict of interest charges, inspired part of the law he lobbied for that makes those acts felonies.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Casper Family Asks Lawmakers To Let Them Divorce Their Mom, Who Has Dementia
After being denied by the Wyoming Supreme Court, a Casper family is asking state lawmakers to let them divorce their mother, who has Alzheimer's and dementia, from their father.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
Citing Gang Violence, Wyoming Prisons Want To Conceal Investigative Documents
Saying gangs in prison can target ex-gang members and informants by reviewing prison investigation documents, the Wyoming Department of Corrections is asking for a law change to exempt its internal investigations from public review.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
Former Clinton Official Wants States To Keep Trump Off 2024 Ballot, Chuck Gray Says He ‘Will Absolutely’ Put Him On Wyoming’s
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray says he won’t fall in line with a push by former Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to keep Donald Trump's name from appearing on state election ballots in 2024. “I will absolutely allow President Donald J. Trump to appear on the ballot,” he said.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo Fined More Than $5,000 For Official Misconduct
Former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo was fined more than $5,000 on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two charges of using his position as mayor to bolster his own business.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Hageman Unloads On Interior Secretary After Haaland Says She Hasn’t Heard Term ‘Energy Poverty’
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found herself unable to answer numerous questions during a tense back-and-forth with Rep. Harriet Hageman. Hageman later told Cowboy State Daily that fossil fuels won't be going anywhere, despite Haaland and President Biden.
April 25, 2023
Animal Rights Group Asks Feds To Investigate University of Wyoming Researchers
An animal-rights group is asking the federal government to investigate the University of Wyoming’s research department in response to research misconduct by a former researcher. The complaint alleges that “many mice and sheep died” and their hearts were cut out.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Urged To Draft Harsher Laws For Parents Who Steal Their Own Kids
A Cody couple wants harsher laws for parental abduction in Wyoming, telling the Joint Judiciary Committee on Monday how the father of their 2-year-old granddaughter hid her from her mother and only got “a good scolding from the judge.”
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Wyoming Democrats Hope To Take Page Out Of Colorado Playbook To Gain Back Power
Wyoming Democratic Chairman Joe Barbuto said his party plans to study some of the tactics used by the Colorado Democratic Party and Democrats across the nation in the last decade to learn how it can regain power in Wyoming.
Leo WolfsonApril 23, 2023
Freedom Caucus Members Stand By Decision In Voting Against Suicide Call Centers
Members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus interviewed by Cowboy State Daily said they are standing by their votes not to fund the suicide call centers in Wyoming. Their reasoning varies from wanting to further study the issue to believing it's not the government's role.
Leo WolfsonApril 22, 2023
‘Breaks My Heart’: State Legislators React To Opening Of Second Wyoming Abortion Clinic
House Majority Leader Chip Neiman told Cowboy State Daily the opening of Wyoming's second abortion clinic marks a "sad day for little human beings that don’t have the ability to say no."
Leo WolfsonApril 21, 2023
Six UW Sorority Members Suing Over Transgender Members Name Themselves To Continue Lawsuit
Six of the seven women suing over the induction of a transgender member in to the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority’s University of Wyoming chapter have complied with a judge’s order that they not be anonymous in their lawsuit.
Clair McFarlandApril 20, 2023
Wyoming County Clerks Urge Chuck Gray To Reject Election Conspiracy Theories
In a letter to Secretary of State Chuck Gray, the County Clerks Association of Wyoming urge him to ignore an election denier traveling through Wyoming and to reject 2020 election conspiracy theories.
Leo WolfsonApril 20, 2023
After Arson And Delays, Casper Abortion Clinic Opened Thursday
Nearly a year after an arsonist set fire to it, the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper opened its doors Thursday. It's now the second place in Wyoming a woman can get an abortion.
Leo WolfsonApril 20, 2023
Democrats Aren’t Dead In Weston County; Party Resurrects After 12-Year Hiatus
Former Newcastle Mayor Deb Piana leads the newly resurrected Weston County Democratic Party, and area Republicans say they welcome an active local two-party system.
Leo WolfsonApril 20, 2023
Liz Cheney Promises "Urgent Warning" In Her New Memoir, "Oath And Honor"
Liz Cheney's publisher announced the release Liz Cheney's new memoir Tuesday, "Oath And Honor," promising the outspoken Trump critic to offer an “urgent warning” as told from her “gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress.”
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2023
Douglas Sheep Rancher Frank Moore To Run Against Frank Eathorne To Lead State Republican Party
Stressing a message of unity, former legislator and longtime sheep rancher Frank Moore told Cowboy State Daily he is running for chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party because he wants to bring “the party back together.”
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2023
Gillette State Rep. Says Wyoming Needs More, Not Fewer, Partisan Political Races
If elected officials deal with budgets, Rep. Chris Knapp, R-Gillette, says political affiliation matters. He wants to push to make city council and school board races partisan in Wyoming.
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2023
UW Police Beef Up Patrols Near Sorority As Judge Doubles Down On Naming Plaintiffs In Transgender Lawsuit
The University of Wyoming Police Department sends extra patrols to the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house for a variety of reasons – not just because seven women suing the sorority for inducting a transgender member have been ordered to reveal their true names.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2023
Gordon Calls Out Wyoming Lawmakers Who Won't Fund 988 Suicide Call Centers
During his Governor’s Mental Health Summit on Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon targeted state lawmakers who stand in the way of supporting mental health programs, saying the argument that government shouldn’t be involved is “full of beans," especially as Wyoming leads nation in suicides per capita.
Leo WolfsonApril 18, 2023