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Chuck Gray’s Crossover Voting Bill Gets Shot Down By Committee
The last bill still alive in the Wyoming Legislature that would have eliminated crossover voting failed Thursday in a Senate committee, dashing the chances of Secretary of State Chuck Gray to make good on one of his main campaign promises.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 09, 2023
Bill Banning Teens Younger Than 16 To Marry Passes Unanimously Through Senate Committee
Despite its rocky travels through the Wyoming House of Representatives, a bill forbidding people ages 15 and younger to marry unanimously passed its first state Senate committee meeting.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 09, 2023
Wyoming State Rep. Says No Truth To Ethics Complaint
State Rep. Jon Conrad said of an ethics complaint against him that there is nothing to the complaint and it is politically motivated.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 09, 2023
Wyoming House Passes Extension Of Medicaid Postpartum Coverage To 1 Year
A bill extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a year in Wyoming passed through the state House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 34-28 vote. It will now go to the Senate.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 09, 2023
House Kills Effort To Exempt Wyoming From CDC COVID-19 Regs
A bill that would have prevented Wyoming from following World Health Organization and Centers For Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for COVID-19 restrictions died on a close 32-29 vote on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2023
Without Commercial Exemption, Wyoming Drone Trespass Bill Won’t Pass, Critics say
An exemption for business and commercial drone use must be written into a bill proposing to make trespassing by drone a criminal offense or it will never get off the ground, lobbyists told Wyoming lawmakers Wednesday.
Mark HeinzFebruary 08, 2023
Wyoming Ban On Child Sex-Change Surgeries Passes Senate 26-5; Concern Over Court Challenges, However
While a measure that would stop transgender-related treatments for kids, including sex changes, has sailed through the Wyoming Senate with ease, there are concerns that court challenges could arise.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 08, 2023
Drones A Very Real Threat To Power Substations And Other Critical Infrastructure
Power substations have become a favorite target of vandals, thieves and terrorists. Most of these have been ground-based attacks, but drones also are becoming a more and more popular way to disrupt critical infrastructure.
February 08, 2023
Wyoming A Step Closer To Banning Transgender Girls In School Sports With Definitive 28-3 Senate Vote
By a resounding 28 - 3 margin, legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing in female sports passed the Wyoming Senate on Wednesday.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 08, 2023
Bill Would Give Wyoming Doctors Free Pass To Prescribe Alternative Drugs For COVID
Legislation that would make it legal for a doctor to prescribe off-label medications like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin has passed through the Wyoming House on Wednesday.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2023
Wyoming Should Stand With ‘Sister State’ Taiwan, Says Sen. President Ogden Driskill
From Wyoming beef to whisky, Taiwan is a burgeoning export market for Cowboy State products. A bill moving through the 2023 Legislature calls for Wyoming to make a stand of solidarity with Taiwan as tension with China grow more strained.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2023
Wyoming Senate Kills $5 Million Border Wall Funding After Heated Debate
The Wyoming Senate killed a bill that would have given $5 million to Southern border states to help fight the immigration crisis, but not before a frustrated sponsor Sen. Larry Hicks told his colleagues that failing to do our part could open the door for another 9/11.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 08, 2023
Bill Would Require Conservation Stamp To Hunt Wyoming Shed Antlers
Describing looking for shed antlers as adult Easter egg hunts, a Montana man said bills before the Wyoming Legislature could ruin his familys yearly shed hunting trips to Jackson.
Mark HeinzFebruary 08, 2023
Chuck Gray’s Declared Open Season On Election Equipment; Lawmakers May Have Hit Their Limit
A Senate committee Tuesday torpedoed a pair of amendments Secretary of State Chuck Gray crafted that would have given his office authority over county clerks to question and remove election equipment.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 07, 2023
Conservative Think Tank Sends Wyoming Teachers Textbook Challenging ‘Climate Crisis’ Narrative
A conservative think tank sent out copies of a new textbook on climate change this week to teachers in Wyoming. It is raising alarm among those who want children taught that the planet is becoming uninhabitable as a result of climate change.
February 07, 2023
Lummis: Wyoming’s Drawing The Blueprint On Cryptocurrency
In a glowing speech on the floor of the Wyoming Senate on Monday, Sen. Lummis referenced the Legislatures work on developing Wyoming as a leader in digital assets, an industry Lummis has shown great interest in.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 07, 2023
Wyoming Conservatives Demand Answers From Pfizer Over Project Veritas Video
In a letter written to the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, 22 conservative members of the Wyoming House said they wanted an explanation of claims made in a Project Veritas video including a claim that Pfizer is trying to capitalize financially by spreading disease, not curing it.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 07, 2023
Chinese Balloon Fears Not Enough To Pass Ban On Foreign Ownership Of Wyoming Property
Despite growing concerns about the threat China poses to the United States, a bill to ban foreign ownership of land, including mines and oil fields, failed to pass the Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday.
February 07, 2023
Rep. Ward Calls Out ‘Medical Cartel’ As Wyoming’s Postpartum Medicaid Extension Clears First Reading
Rep. Jeanette Ward said the medical cartel is to be blamed for Americas high rate of infant mortality, treating pregnancy as a disease rather than a healthy event. It has nothing to do with this bill, she said.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 07, 2023
Bill Giving Tribes Control Of Indian Foster Child Placement Squeaks Through Committee
The Wyoming Senate is slated this week to hear the second of two proposed laws aimed at making non-native families the last resort for placing American Indian foster children.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 06, 2023
Shoshone Tribe Changes Mind, Will Not Make Hunting Pact With Wyoming
Though at first in support of legislation underpinning an off-reservation hunting agreement with Wyoming that would define tribal members' treaty right to hunt any unoccupied lands throughout the state, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe's government on Friday sent Gov Gordon a letter withdrawing its approval.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 06, 2023
Archeological Group Says Bill To Protect Site Near Ghost Town In Platte County Could Endanger It
A nonprofit group says a bill that would fence in and protect an archeological site in Platte County is not only unnecessary, but potentially detrimental, and that they plan to oppose it.
Renée JeanFebruary 05, 2023
Prosecutor: Riverton Walmart Has One Of The Highest Theft Rates in Nation; Criminals Say They Don’t Care If Caught
Longtime prosecutor in Fremont County Ember Oakley said there is a big increase in organized retail theft at Riverton's Walmart and offenders have admitted that a few days in jail is a small price to pay for all the shoplifting they get away with.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 05, 2023
Down, But Not Out: Legislator Tries Again To Opt Wyoming Out Of CDC Health Mandates
Rep. Jeanette Ward saw her first attempt to push back on COVID-19 public health measures fail but by a razor thin margin. So, she's trying again. Her new bill would give the governor the option to ignore federal mandates.
Leo WolfsonFebruary 05, 2023