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Resolution would declare “Women’s Suffrage Day” in Wyoming
By Cowboy State Daily An official Womens Suffrage Day would be commemorated in December under legislation approved in its first Senate review Friday. SJR 3 would declare Dec. 10 as Womens Suffrage Day. Senator Affie Ellis, R-Cheyenne, tells Cowboy State Dailys Bob Geha that the bills sponsors include every woman serving in the Legislature. Ellis…
January 19, 2019
Convention of States seeks constitutional convention
A former legislator is heading the effort in Wyoming to hold a constitutional convention to consider amendments to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and impose term limits on members of Congress. Nathan Winters tells Cowboy State Dailys Bob Geha that the Convention of States is a national effort started five years ago to…
January 18, 2019
Bill would limit amount of information provided on public pay
By Cowboy State Daily A bill that would limit the amount of information provided in official notices about how much public employees are paid cleared a House committee Thursday. HB 146 would remove the names of county and city public employees from a list that is published in the states newspapers. Under current law, that…
January 18, 2019
Party switch bill gets first committee review
By Cowboy State Daily A bill that would put limits on when voters can change their party affiliations got mixed reviews Thursday in its first session in a Senate committee. The Senate Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee began its work on SF 32, which would require voters changing party affiliation to do so before…
January 17, 2019
Legislators take up a host of education bills
By Cowboy State Daily Support for a plan to expand eligibility for the states Hathaway Scholarship is being voiced by groups that have not spoken out on the scholarship program before, according to the chairman of the Senate Education Committee. SF 43, a bill that gained final Senate approval on Wednesday, would allow students taking…
January 17, 2019
Lodging tax clears first full House review
By Cowboy State Daily A proposal for a statewide lodging tax cleared an early hurdle in Wyomings House on Tuesday, while the Senate killed a bill that would have stiffened the penalties for animal cruelty. Representatives, in their first full review of HB 66, agreed to move it forward to a second reading on Wednesday.…
January 16, 2019